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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 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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Deaths from Zymotic Diseases (strangers deducted).
| For the four ending | Jan. 29 | Feb. 26 | Mar. 26 | April 23 | May 21 | June 18 | July 16 | Aug. 13 | Sept. 10 | Oct. 8 | Nov. 5 | Dec. 3 | Dec. 31 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Measles | 6 | 13 | 27 | 18 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 152 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 96 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 106 |
| Whooping Cough | 11 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 187 |
| Typhus Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 39 |
| Diarrhoea | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 138 | 66 | 11 | 5 | 5 | ... | 278 |
| 856 |