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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 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Shewing the number of Deaths (corrected) from the 7 principal zymot'c diseases in the Borough of Lambeth during 1927 and during the five previous years 1922-26 together with the yearly averages during the quinquennium 1921-25 (Borough) and the three previous decennia 1891-1900 (Parish), 1901-10 (Borough) and 1911-20 (Borough)
| Disease. | Total (corrected) Deaths in 1927. | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | Annual average of five years 1921-25 (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 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 1.1 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 13.4 | 11.9 | 31.4 | 48.8 | |
| Diphtheria | 33 | 50 | 48 | 51 | 55 | 43 | 49.6 | 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 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2.6 | 7.0 | 16.7 | 34.7 | |
| Continued (Relapsing | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.7 | |
| Diarrhœa | 32 | 35 | 46 | 23 | 33 | 22 | 52.2 | 127.8 | 172.9 | 196.5 | |
| Cholera | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 8.8 | |
| Measles* | 23 | 66 | 21 | 88 | 5 | 69 | 39.0 | 84.7 | 110.4 | 145.6 | |
| Whooping Cough | 29 | 58 | 14 | 23 | 48 | 19 | 35.2 | 47.2 | 91.8 | 143.7 | |
* One death registered from German Measles is included with the " Measles " deaths during 1926.