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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 1898

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1898

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Table: TABLE L. Shewing the number of Certificates for the Notifiable Zymotic Diseases received in Lambeth since the introduction of the Notification Act, i.e., in the eight years, 1890-97, and in the year 1898.

TABLE L. Shewing the number of Certificates for the Notifiable Zymotic Diseases received in Lambeth since the introduction of the Notification Act, i.e., in the eight years, 1890-97, and in the year 1898.

Disease.18901891189218931894189518961897Annual average of 8 years 1890—'97Notifications received during '98 Lambeth.
Small-Pox1532299265116229.20
Cholera742623101661813.77
Diphtheria330330504789521614652704555.5813
Membranous Croup462947492623271733.016
Erysipelas248258420587315355352325357.5291
Scarlet Fever11268581832227511981389155013751450.31009
Typhus013320101.250
Typhoid or Enteric150149117100268201162185174.0163
( Continued or Relapsing413334584820161132.613
Puerperal1311202719161926l8.814
Totals197616763025407024332685280126(3266612329
Average per l000 of population7.26.110.914.58.69.49.58.99.47.7