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Lambeth 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table: TABLE M.Showing corrected Zymotic seasonal (monthly) variations in the number of deaths from the principal Zymotic diseases, and from Erysipelas, Puerperal Fever, Cerebro-spinal Meningitis Poliomyelitis acuta, and Ophthalmia Neonatorum in the Borough of Lambeth, during 1913.

TABLE M.

Showing corrected Zymotic seasonal (monthly) variations in the number of deaths from the principal Zymotic diseases, and from Erysipelas, Puerperal Fever, Cerebro-spinal Meningitis Poliomyelitis acuta, and Ophthalmia Neonatorum in the Borough of Lambeth, during 1913.

For the 4 weeks endingJanuary.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.Total 1913
Smallpox-------------
Scarlet Fever-413--21-1-214
Diphtheria33535311144437
Membranous Croup-------------
Typhus-------------
Typhoid or Enteric2--2--21---7
Continued or Relapsing Fever-------------
Diarrhoea (including Cholera)63766612205323159166
Measles7112822106742--198
Whooping Cough35531145412-447
Total of Seven Chief Zymotic Diseases212646393219273258301920369
Erysipelas1--21-----138
Puerperal Fever-21-I1-12-1-9
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis----1-11--1-4
Poliomyelitis acuta-------------
Opthalmia Neonatorum-----1------1