London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| Disease | Parliamentary Constituency | Totals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vauxhall | Brixton | Norwood | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 73 | 43 | 37 | 153 |
| Whooping Cough | 60 | 34 | 38 | 132 |
| Measles | 226 | 213 | 161 | 600 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | - | -- | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 30 | 60 | 24 | 114 |
| Acute Encephalitis (Infective) | -- | 2 | - | 2 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | -- | -- | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 2 | 3 | - | 5 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis Non-Paralytic | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Dysentery | 82 | 28 | 18 | 128 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 65 | 1 | 4 | 70 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 29 | 19 | 4 | 52 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| Scabies | 3 | 22 | 4 | 29 |
| Malaria | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| TOTALS | 582 | 431 | 295 | 1308 |