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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 1897
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1897
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TABLE K.
Shewing the total cases notified under the Notification Clauses of the Public Health (London)
Act in Lambeth during 1897 (arranged Quarterly).
1st Quarter
2nd Quarter
3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
Total for 1897
Small Pox
2
—
—
—
2
Scarlet Fever
255
249
350
521
1375
Diphtheria
147
151
201
205
704
Membranous Croup
7
2
3
5
17
Typhus
—
—
—
—
—
Typhoid
43
33
43
66
185
Continued Fever
3
2
5
1
11
Erysipelas
68
53
107
97
325
Puerperal
12
5
3
6
26
Cholera
—
—
18
—'
18
537
495
730
901
2663