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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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The seasonal mortality (corrected) from the different important zymotic diseases during 1906 is well shown by arranging the deaths quarterly, thus :—
| 1906. | . Smallpox | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | FEVER. | Diarrhoea. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Cholera.. | Influenza. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typhus. | Typhoid. | Continued. | |||||||||||||
| 1st Qr. | — | 54 | 30 | 12 | 11 | — | — | 5 | — | 9 | 2 | 3 | — | 8 | 134 |
| 2nd Qr. | — | 16 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6 | 5 | 2 | — | 11 | 84 |
| 3rd Qr. | — | 6 | 13 | 3 | 16 | — | — | 10 | 1 | 225 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 287 |
| 4th Qr. | — | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | — | 5 | — | 28 | 3 | 5 | — | 19 | 84 |
| Totals. | — | 77 | 71 | 28 | 49 | 2 | — | 22 | 1 | 268 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 42 | 589 |
. The four Cholera Cases were, in all probability, Epidemic Diarrhoea.
Taking the zymotic diseases collectively, it is noticed that
the 3rd quarter shewed the highest mortality, and the 2nd and 4th
quarters the lowest. Measles, Whooping Cough and Scarlet
Fever reached their maxima in the 1st quarter; Erysipelas in the
2nd; Cholera, Diarrhoea, Typhoid and Diphtheria in the 3rd ; and
Puerperal Fever and Influenza in the 4th.
Table M shews the zymotic seasonal variations in the
different Registration Sub.districts, while Table O gives the
monthly mortalities from the zymotic diseases.
Table P gives the deaths registered in the Borough of Lambeth
from the seven principal zymotic diseases during 1906, and for
ten years (1891.1900) in the old Lambeth Parish. For comparison,
the deaths registered in London for the same period
are also given.