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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 1964
[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 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 48 | 92 | |
| Whooping Cough | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 27 | 60 |
| Measles | 10 | 10 | 60 | 61 | 120 | 109 | 285 | 284 | 475 | 464 | 939 |
| Dysentery | 12 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 23 | 70 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Pneumonia | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 41 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 2 | — | 4 | — | 7 | — | 5 | — | 18 | 18 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Scabies | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| TOTALS | 63 | 47 | 98 | 90 | 151 | 137 | 333 | 342 | 645 | 616 | 1,261 |