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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 1899

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1899

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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, 1899.
Number of Notices 10583*

Table: NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASE. (Public Health, London, Act.)

NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASE. (Public Health, London, Act.)

No. of Infected Houses (Notices served)2435
Smallpox1
Scarlet Fever888
Typhoid209
Typhus1
Continued Fever7
Diphtheria964
Membranous Croup19
Puerperal Fever24
Erysipelas319
English Cholera3
Total2435

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* Excluding 42 Notices under the Housing of the Working Classes
Act, 1890 (vide p. 100).