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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 1905
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1905
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II. SANITARY WORK.
Return showing the number of Nuisances removed or abated
in the Borough of Lambeth, from the 1st January to the
31st December, 1905.
Number of Notices 13,053*
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
(Public Health, London, Act.)
No. of Infected Houses 1594
Smallpox
Scarlet Fever 870
Typhoid 72
Typhus —
Continued Fever 2
Diphtheria 343
Membranous Croup 10
Puerperal Fever 12
Erysipelas 285
English Cholera —
* Exclusive of 2 notices served under the Housing of the Working
Classes Acts.