Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE P. Shewing the number of Deaths (corrected) from the 7 principal in the ten years 1891—1900, and in the new
Disease. | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | |
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Smallpox | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
Diphtheria | 76 | 127 | 172 | 138 | 103 | |
Membranous Croup | 9 | 11 | 4 | 9 | ||
Scarlet Fever | 46 | 76 | 69 | 64 | 53 | |
Fever | Typhus | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Typhoid or Enteric | 28 | 22 | 36 | 46 | 26 | |
Simple Continued | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
Measles | 128 | 187 | 113 | 182 | 151 | |
Whooping Cough | 239 | 135 | 151 | 110 | 132 | |
Diarrhoea (and Cholera) | 166 | 167 | 205 | 142 | 263 | |
Borough of Lambeth | 693 | 726 | 767 | 687 | 741 | |
County of London | 9675 | 11983 | 13223 | 11544 | 11467 |