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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES
Number of cases of Infectious Disease notified in each Parliamentary Constituency of the Borough.
| Disease | Parliamentary Constituency | Totals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vauxhal1 | Brixton | Norwood | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 82 | 40 | 55 | 177 |
| Whooping Cough | 65 | 45 | 11 | 121 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis Non Paralytic | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Measles | 863 | 826 | 702 | 2391 |
| Dysentery | 122 | 55 | 32 | 209 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
| Pneumonia | 46 | 44 | 22 | 112 |
| Para Typhoid Fever | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Food Poisoning | 16 | 13 | 11 | 40 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 141 | 2 | - | 143 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 16 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| Scabies | 13 | 15 | 17 | 45 |
| TOTALS | 1384 | 1047 | 859 | 3290 |