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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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* Including the four cases registered as Cholera Nostras during July (1), August (2) and September (I).
TABLE 0.
Deaths from zymotic diseases (Strangers deducted) 190G.
| For the 4 weeks ending | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | |||||||||||||
| Measles | 22 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 77 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 28 | |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 49 | |
| Membranous Croup | — | - | — | — | — | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 71 |
| Typhus | — | — | _ | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Diarrhoea* | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 115 | 94 | 21 | 3 | — | 272 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |||
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 |