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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 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]

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Table: TuberculosisNotifications received during the year ended 31 st December, 1948

TuberculosisNotifications received during the year ended 31 st December, 1948

Respiratory344(339)
Non-respiratory25(34)
Deaths certified135(152)

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The notifications per 1,000 population for the past six years
(1943-8) have been 2.21, 2.28, 2.24, 1.16, 1.68, 1.63.

Table: Notifications received during the Year ended 31st December, 1948

Notifications received during the Year ended 31st December, 1948

Scarlet Fever371(331)
Diphtheria46(73)
Erysipelas57(32)
Puerperal Fever2(4)
Puerperal Pyrexia19(28)
Cerebro-spinal Fever8(14)
Ophthalmia Neonatorum12(11)
Measles2,250(875)
Whooping Cough590( 615)
Primary Pneumonia65( 64)
Influenzal Pneumonia17( 31)
Malaria5( 4)
Dysentery9(8)
Food Poisoning57( 32)
Anthrax—( -)
Scabies125( 310)
Typhoid2(2)
Paratyphoid3( -)
Polio-Myelitis7( 68)
Polio-Encephalitis—(2)
Encephalitis Lethargica—(1)