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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 1962
[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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vauxhall | Brixton | Norwood | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 30 | 10 | 25 | 65 |
| Whooping Cough | 15 | 38 | 11 | 64 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis Non-Paralytic | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Measles | 33 | 245 | 245 | 523 |
| Dysentery | 122 | 28 | 21 | 171 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Scabies | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| Pneumonia | 11 | 13 | 11 | 35 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Paratyphoid Fevers | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
| Food Poisoning | 9 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 53 | 9 | - | 62 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 28 | 2 | 1 | 31 |
| Acute Encephalitis (Infective) | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Acute Encephalitis (Post Infectious) | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | 309 | 361 | 331 | 1001 |