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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 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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The ages at which these 107 deaths took place were as follows
| Under 6 mouths | 5 Males. | 3 | Females. |
| Six and under 12 months | 12 do. | 9 | do. |
| One and under 2 years | 24 do. | 20 | do. |
| Two and under 5 years | 21 do. | 8 | do. |
| Five years and upwards | 5 do. | 0 | do. |
| Total, 107 persons, viz. | 67 Males. | 40 | Females. |
ENTERIC OR TYPHOID FEVER.
There were 90 deaths from Enteric Fever, including 40
strangers, and 9 Lambeth cases in Hospitals. Four of the
strangers died in St. Thomas's, and the remainder in the Stockwell
Hospital. Seven of the deaths occurred in the June Quarter (3
of them strangers); 15 in September Quarter (6 strangers); 30
iu December Quarter (12 strangers); and 38 in March Quarter
(19 strangers).
SIMPLE FEVERS.
17 persons classed under the head of Simple Continued Fever
died, of whom one was a stranger in St. Thomas's Hospital.
DIARRHœA.
The deaths from Diarrhoea were 195, as compared with 44 last
year; 10 of the deaths occurred in the June Quarter, 150 September,
23 December, and 12 March. Three of the cases were in
Hospitals, 2 of them being strangers in the Stockwell Hospital.
The four Districts described as the Urban portion of Lambeth,
exhibit a decrease of 35 deaths.
The 195 deaths comprise only those which were distinctly returned
as Diarrhœa, and do not include a large number in which
Diarrhœa was only a secondary cause of death: 146 died under
one year old.