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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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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CORRECTED NUMBER OF NOTIFICATIONS, EXCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS RECEIVED DURING 1970
| Disease | First Quarter | Second Quarter | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter | Totals | Grand Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 29 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 38 | 43 | 81 |
| Measles | 44 | 57 | 74 | 75 | 181 | 189 | 402 | 445 | 701 | 766 | 1467 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 34 |
| Acute Meningitis | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | — | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | — | — | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| Malaria | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Opthalmia | |||||||||||
| Neonatorium | 1 | — | — | - | - | 1 | - | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| TOTALS | 55 | 72 | 83 | 85 | 203 | 213 | 444 | 480 | 785 | 850 | 1635 |