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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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II.—SANITARY WORK.
Return showing the Number of Nuisances removed or
abated in the Parish of Lambeth, from the 1st January to
the 31st December, 1897.
Number of Notices 11088*
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
(Public Health, London, Act.)
No. of Infected Houses (Notices served)
2374
Smallpox
2
Scarlet Fever
1199
Typhoid
183
Typhus
—
Continued Fever
11
Diphtheria
620
Membranous Croup
16
Puerperal Fever
26
Erysipelas
299
English Cholera
18
Total
2374
* Excluding Notices under the Housing of the Working Classes Act,
1890 (vide pp. 71, 101 to 105).