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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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| Age Groups | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Mealses | Dysentery | Meningococcal Infection | Scabies | Totals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Under 1 year | — | — | 4 | 3 | 32 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 70 |
| 1 year | 1 | — | 7 | 3 | 84 | 86 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 187 |
| 2 years | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 77 | 79 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 179 |
| 3 years | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | 84 | 65 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 165 |
| 4 years | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 63 | 45 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 130 |
| 5-9 years | 26 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 128 | 152 | 15 | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | 375 |
| 10-14 years | 5 | 9 | — | — | 4 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 27 |
| 15-24 years | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| 25 years and over | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | 34 |
| TOTALS | 44 | 48 | 33 | 27 | 475 | 464 | 47 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 1,183 |
| Age Groups | Pneumonia | Typhoid Fever | Erysipelas | Food Poisoning | Puerperal Pyrexia | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Totals | ||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Under 5 years | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| 5-14 years | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 15-44 years | 10 | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 18 | — | — | 39 |
| 45-64 years | 9 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 |
| 65 years and over | 2 | 2 | — | — | - | — | — | - | — | — | - | — | 4 |
| TOTALS | 25 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 18 | 4 | 1 | 78 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 1,261 | ||||||||||||