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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 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, The Vestry of the Parish of]

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Table: TABLE K.Shewing the number of Certificates for the Notifiable Zymotic Diseases received in Lambeth since the introduction of the Notification Act, i.e.,in the ten years, 1890-99, and in the year 1900.

TABLE K.

Shewing the number of Certificates for the Notifiable Zymotic Diseases received in Lambeth since the introduction of the Notification Act, i.e.,in the ten years, 1890-99, and in the year 1900.

Disease.1890189118921893189418951896189718981899Annual average of 10 years 1890—99Notifications received during 00 Lambeth.
Small-Pox153229926511620123.5—
Cholera74262310166187312.02
Diphtheria3303305047895216146527048131080663.7844
Membranous Croup4629474926232717162230.26
Erysipelas248258420587315355352325294330348.4234
Scarlet Fever26858183222751198138915501375100910061361.8821
Typhus01332010011.1—
Typhoid or Enteric150149117160268201162185163219177.4272
Continued or Relapsing413334584820161113728.117
Puerperal1311202719161926142418.913
Totals19761676302540702433268528012663232926932635.12209
Average per 1000 of population7.26.110.914.58.69.49.58.97.78.79.17.1

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The Health Department has also Board of, and dealt with, the following non-notifiable infectious diseases
Measles,941; Whooping Cough, 126 ; Chicken Pox, 88; Consumption, 524,