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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 1963
[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 Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m | F | m | F | m | F | M | F | m | F | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 37 | 39 | 76 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 35. | 22 | 40 | 70 | 94 | 164 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | |||||||||||
| Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Measles | 520 | 491 | 433 | 449 | 106 | 104 | 10 | 16 | 1,069 | 1,060 | 2,129 |
| Dysentery | 32 | 40 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 70 | 67 | 137 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | |||
| Pneumonia | 13 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 23 | 48 | |
| Acute Encephalitis | |||||||||||
| (Post Infectious) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Erysipelas | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Food Poisoning | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 17 | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | 7 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 13 | 13 |
| Ophthamia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Scabies | 2 | 5 | 3 | - | 8 | 4 | • | 3 | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| TOTALS | 583 | 570 | 481 | 492 | 175 | 178 | 56 | 91 | 1,295 | 1,331 | 2,626 |