Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Disease | Parliamentary Constituency | Totals | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Vauxhall | Brixton | Norwood | ||
Scarlet Fever | 39 | 27 | 31 | 97 |
Whooping Cough | 96 | 157 | 108 | 361 |
Acute Poliomyelitis | . | . | . | . |
Paralytic | 3 | - | 1 | 4 |
Acute Poliomyelitis | . | . | . | . |
Non-Paralytic | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
Measles | 105 | 219 | 218 | 542 |
Diphtheria | 3 | - | - | 3 |
Dysentery | 253 | 72 | 36 | 361 |
Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Scabies | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
Pneumonia | 15 | 23 | 7 | 45 |
Acute Encephalitis | . | . | . | . |
(Infective) | - | 1 | 2 | |
Paratyphoid Fever | 2 | - | 3 | |
Erysipelas | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
Food Poisoning | 33 | 9 | 12 | 54 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 58 | 2 | 61 | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 4 | ||
TOTALS | 623 | 519 | 427 | 1569 |