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Lambeth 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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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 Fever, Poliomyelitis Acuta, and Ophthalmia Neonatorum in the Borough of Lambeth during 1914.
| For the 4 weeks ending | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Total 1914. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | _ | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | — | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 50 |
| Membranous Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | _ | - |
| Typhoid or Enteric | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 15 |
| Continued or Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — |
| Diarrhœa (including Cholera) | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 42 | 81 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 196 |
| Measles | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 58 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .— | 6 | 2 | 40 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | 9 |
| Cerebro.spinal Fever | — | 1 | — | - | — | - | 1 | 1 | _ | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| Poliomyelitis Acuta | — | — | — | 1 | — | - | — | 2 | — | - | — | - | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | — | - | — | - | — | - | — | - | — | - | - |