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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, ETC. 1899—1906.
| 1st Q. | 2nd Q. | 3rd Q. | 4th Q. | Total. 1906. | 1905 | 1904. | 1903. | 1902. | 1901. | 1900. | 1899. | Yearly average 7 years (1899-1905). | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 539 | 243 | 39 | 15 | 836 | 1970 | 1294 | 1346 | 364 | 728 | 941 | 773 | 1059.4 |
| Whooping Cough | 108 | 177 | 54 | 116 | 455 | 440 | 380 | 325 | 110 | 72 | 126 | 58 | 215.9 |
| Chickcn-pox | 133 | 125 | 22 | 74 | 354 | 733 | 305 | 356 | 1625 | 78 | 88 | 21 | 458.0 |
| Consumption* | 217 | 122 | 108 | 145 | 592 | 598 | 659 | 269 | 488 | 483 | 524 | 474 | 499.3 |
| Cancer | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 34 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 19.1 |
| 1001 | 672 | 229 | 353 | 2255 | 37507 | 2658 | 2309 | 2621 | 1376 | 1702 | 1339 | 2251.7 |
* Small cattle only to be killed.
† Special conditions laid down.