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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| Disease | 1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter | Totals | Grand | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Total | |
| Scarlet Fever | 15 | 16 | 16 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 55 | 60 | 115 |
| Whooping Cough | 17 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 19 | 53 | 66 | 119 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis Paralytic | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Measles | 10 93 | 1052 | 569 | 595 | 55 | 48 | 25 | 25 | 1742 | 1720 | 3462 |
| Dysentery | 12 | 14 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 24 | 50 | 77 | 127 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Pneu monia | 15 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 32 | 31 | 63 |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Paratyphoid Fevers | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | 9 | - | 12 | - | 38 | - | 14 | - | 73 | 73 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Scabies | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| TOTALS | 1163 | 1145 | 627 | 679 | 86 | 132 | 92 | 100 | 1968 | 2056 | 4024 |