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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| Disease | First Quarter | Second Quarter | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter | Totals | Grand Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 14 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 46 | |
| Whooping Cough | 16 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 13 | 14 | 64 | 58 | 122 |
| Measles | 881 | 907 | 242 | 260 | 49 | 46 | 14 | 10 | 1186 | 1223 | 2409 |
| Dysentery | 7 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 33 | 71 |
| Meningococcal | |||||||||||
| Infection | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 7 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 26 | |
| Erysipelas | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | 4 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 0 | 24 | - | 12 | - | 15. | - | 27 | - | 78 | 78 |
| Ophthalmia | |||||||||||
| Neonatorium | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| TOTALS | 930 | 969 | 285 | 295 | 88 | 107 | 44 | 73 | 1347 | 1444 | 2791 |