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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 O.
Deaths from Zymotic Diseases (Strangers deducted) in Lambeth during 1897.
For the 4 weeks ending
January.
Feb.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
Sept.
October.
Nov.
Dec.
Total.
Smallpox
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Measles
....
1
6
3
11
10
3
5
9
11
39
41
139
Scarlet Fever
4
4
3
...
3
5
10
2
3
4
2
2
42
Diphtheria
17
11
10
9
9
6
9
14
6
14
16
17
138
Membranous Croup
...
2
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
1
...
7
Whooping Cough
20
16
22
26
11
9
7
9
5
2
7
10
144
Typhus
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Enteric Fever
2
4
3
2
1
2
1
3
2
...
2
4
26
Continued Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Diarrhœa
4
2
1
3
1
4
63
138
10
10
...
2
238
Chief Zymotic Diseases
47
40
46
43
36
36
93
171
36
43
67
76
734
C 2
Erysipelas
2
2
...
3
1
...
2
2
2
1
...
1
16
Puerperal Fever
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
...
2
2
1
1
16