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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| England and Wales | 160 C. Bs. and Great Towns including London | 160 Smaller Towns Resident Population, 25,000-50,000 at 1951 census | London Administrative County | Lambeth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Population:- | ||||||||
| NOTIFICATIONS: | ||||||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.00 | |||
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0. 03 | 0. 02 | 0.03 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 1.53 | 1.75 | 1.58 | 1.56 | 1.12 | |||
| Whooping Cough | 2.61 | 2.74 | 2.57 | 1.66 | 1.32 | |||
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | - | |||
| Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0. 14 | 0.12 | |||
| Smal1pox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - | |||
| Measles | 8.86 | 10.11 | 8.49 | 9.23 | 10.28 | |||
| Pneumonia | 0.72 | 0.80 | 0.62 | 0.57 | 0.54 | |||
| Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | |||
| Non -do- | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | |||
| Food Poisoning | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.21 | |||
| Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still):- | ||||||||
| (a) Notifications:- | ||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 17.87 | 23.94 | 10.22 | 30.77 | 19.77 | |||