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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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SECTION B
PREVALENCE OF. AND CONTROL OVER.
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
The undermentioned diseases are compulsorily notifiable
within the Borough of Lambeth.
Anthrax
Cholera
Continued Fever
Diphtheria
Dysentery
Encephalitis Lethargica, acute
Enteric Fever
Erysipelas
Food Poisoning
G1anders
Hydrophobia
Malaria
Measl es
Membranous Croup
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Paratyphoid Fever
Plague
Pneumonia, acute influenzal
Pneumonia, acute Primary
Polio-Encephalitis, acute
Poliomyelitis, acute
Puerperal Pyrexia
Relapsing Fever
Scabies
Scarlatina
Scarlet Fever
Smallpox
Tuberculosis, all forms
Typhoid Fever
Typhus Fever
Whooping Cough
The following table shows the total number of corrected
notifications, other than tuberculosis, received during the year.