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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| Disease | 1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter | 4 th Quarter | Totals | Grand | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Total | |
| 21 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 11 | ,47 | 50 | 97 | |||
| 34 | 48 | 40 | 42 | 58 | 63 | 34 | 42 | 166 | 195 | 361 | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | |||||||||||
| Paralytic | - | 1 | ¡ | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Won- Paralytic | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | ~ | 3 | 3 | |
| Measles | 13 | 9 | 96 | 118 | 91 | 83 | 73 | 59 | 273 | 269 | 542 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3. | |
| Dysentery | 66 | 79 | 55. | 72 | 29 | 15. | 24 | 157 | 204 | 361 o | |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | " | 3 | 3 | ||
| Pneumonia | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6. | 2 | 26 | 19 | ||
| Acute Encephalitis (Infective) | - | - | 1 | - | " | 1 | ~ | ||||
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | 3 | ||
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | " | 6 | 3 oo | 9 | |
| Food Poisoning | 10 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 22 | ||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | 16 | - | 12 | - | 3 | 3Q | " | 6L | 61 | |
| Ophthalmia T'eonatorum | - | - | - | " | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Scabies | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 17 | |
| TOTALS | 161 | 197 | 215 | 278 | 195 | 198 | 149 | 176 | 720 | 849 | 1569 |