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 1960
[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 |