Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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the vestry of the parish of lambeth.
THE METROPOLIS MANAGEMENT ACT, 1855,
and the several acts amending the same.
An Account in Abstract, showing the Receipt and Expenditure by the Vestry, under the above-mentioned Acts, from 25th day of
March, 1868, to the 25th day of March 1869, under the several distinct heads.
Shows the Number of Cases of Illness from Epidemic Diseases attended by the Poor Law Medical Officers,
during each Quarter of the Year, 1868.
Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Total (Epidcmic Diseases.) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First Quarter | 29 | 72 | 30 | 54 | 12 | 62 | 259 |
Second Quarter | 33 | 93 | 66 | 51 | 6 | 89 | 338 |
Third Quarter | 23 | 30 | 50 | 15 | 40 | 437 | 595 |
Fourth Quarter | 24 | 40 | 56 | 35 | 3 | 59 | 217 |
Total (The Year) | 109 | 235 | 202 | 155 | 61 | 647 | 1409 |