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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE F. Shewing the number of Deaths (corrected) from the 7 principal zymotic diseases in the Borough of Lambeth during 1925 and during the five previous years 1920-24, together with the yearly averages during the previous quinquennium 1920-24 (Borough) and the three decennia 1891-1900 (Parish), 1901-10 (Borough) and 1911-20 (Borough).
| Disease. | Total (corrected) Deaths in 1925. | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | Annnual average of five years 1920-24 (Borough). | Annual average of ten years 1911-20 (Borough). | Annual average of ten years 1901-10 (Borough). | Annual average of ten years 1891-1900 (Parish). | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 0.0 | 6.8 | 1.1 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 9 | 15 | l6 | 20 | 11 | 12.6 | 11.9 | 31.4 | 48.8 | ||
| Diphtheria | 55 | 77 | 44 | 50 | 48 | 51 | 54.0 | 47.3 | 41.6 | 124.5 | |
| Membranous Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 6.8 | |
| Fever | Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Typhoid or Enteric and | 4 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 16.7 | 34.7 | ||
| Continued (Relapsing) | — | — | — | — | — | — | O.O | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.7 | |
| Diarrhœa | 33 | 51 | 124 | 35 | 46 | 23 | 55.8 | 127.8 | 172.9 | 196.5 | |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 8.8 | |
| Measles | 5 | 80 | 15 | 66 | 21 | 88 | 54.0 | 84.7 | 110.4 | 145.6 | |
| Whooping Cough | 48 | 33 | 33 | 58 | 14 | 23 | 32.2 | 47.2 | 91.8 | 143.7 | |