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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SCARLET FEVER.
During the year 73 deaths arc reported as having occurred from
Scarlet Fever. To this cause, during the preceding year, 82
deaths were attributed. 879 cases of attack, however, were
reported to the Sanitary department. 346 cases remained under
treatment at home, and 533 cases were removed to the hospitals
of the Asylums Board.
The following Table shows the mortality from Zymotic diseases in the Parish, arranged so as to compare the mortality of different years (strangers deducted.
1889 | 1888 | 1887 | 1886 | 1885 | 1884 | 1883 | 1882 | 1881 | 1880 | 1879 | 1878 | 1877 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 85 | 25 | 12 | 17 | 97 | 13 | 13 | 138 | 221 |
Measles | 158 | 119 | 152 | 137 | 115 | 273 | 155 | 173 | 122 | 143 | 117 | 95 | 171 |
Scarlet Fever | 73 | 82 | 96 | 56 | 16 | 60 | 86 | 96 | 136 | 228 | 201 | 87 | 123 |
Diphtheria | 155 | 103 | 102 | 61 | 69 | 71 | 58 | 48 | 37 | 48 | 60 | 63 | 42 |
Whooping Cough | 137 | 170 | 187 | 196 | 142 | 209 | 126 | 342 | 119 | 275 | 229 | 342 | 89 |
Typhus | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 23 |
Enteric Fever | 31 | 36 | 39 | 29 | 28 | 45 | 41 | 52 | 68 | 45 | 39 | 66 | 71 |
Diarrhœa | 163 | 122 | 278 | 238 | 169 | 232 | 160 | 142 | 194 | 243 | 132 | 243 | 118 |
Total | 719 | 632 | 86o | 720 | 625 | 923 | 642 | 878 | 778 | 998 | 794 | 1047 | 858 |
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