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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 1953
[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 Adminis-trative County | Lambeth | |
| Rates per 1,000 Population:- | |||||
| NOTIFICATIONS: | |||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0. 01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0. 00 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.03 | 0. 04 | 0. 03 | 0. 03 | 0.03 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1. 39 | 1. 50 | 1. 44 | 1. 02 | 0.76 |
| Whooping Cough | 3.58 | 3.72 | 3.38 | 3. 30 | 3. 42 |
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | - |
| Erysipelas | 0. 14 | 0. 14 | 0. 13 | 0. 12 | 0.07 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - |
| Measles | 12. 36 | 11. 27 | 12. 32 | 8. 09 | 5. 69 |
| Pneumonia | 0. 84 | 0. 92 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0. 83 |
| Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.06 |
| Non -do- | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0. 04 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| Food Poisoning | 0. 24 | 0. 25 | 0. 24 | 0. 38 | 0. 57 |
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still):(a)
Notifications:-
Puerperal
Pyrexia 18.23 24.33 12.46 28.61 17.78