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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, ETC. 1900—1907.
| 1stQ. | 2nd Q. | 3rd Q. | 4thQ. | Total. 1907. | 1906. | 1905 | 1904. | 1903. | 1902. | 1901. | 1900. | Yearly average 7 years (1900-1906). | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 219 | 1102 | 544 | 133 | 1998 | 836 | 1970 | 1294 | 1346 | 364 | 728 | 941 | 1068.4 |
| Whooping Cough | 302 | 307 | 103 | 36 | 748 | 455 | 440 | 380 | 325 | 110 | 72 | 126 | 272.6 |
| Chicken-pox | 190 | 129 | 71 | 210 | 600 | 354 | 733 | 305 | 356 | 1625 | 78 | 88 | 505.6 |
| Consumption* | 122 | 208 | 178 | 169 | 677 | 592 | 598 | 659 | 269 | 488 | 483 | 524 | 516.1 |
| Cancer | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 34 | 15 | 23 | 19.9 |
| 837 | 1752 | 903 | 555 | 4047 | 2255 | 3757 | 2658 | 2309 | 2621 | 1376 | 1702 | 2382.6 | |
| •Consumptionvoluntarily notifiable throughout the Borough since June 1st, 1902. | |||||||||||||
N.B.—131 other diseases (not classified) i.e., Mumps, Ringworm, Influenza, Scabies, Pneumonia, Glanders, Diseases not stated,
etc., and 71 Verminous Houses and Persons, were also dealt with during 1907.