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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 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| Disease | First Quarter | Second Quarter | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter | Totals | Grand Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 15 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 40 | 35 | 75 |
| Whooping Cough | 23 | 28 | 29 | 14 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 17 | 100 | 84 | 184 |
| Measles | 37 | 37 | 158 | 178 | 136 | 148 | 392 | 365 | 723 | 728 | 1,451 |
| Dysentery | 6 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 48 | 79 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 2 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 42 |
| Acute Encephalitis ( Infective ) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Typhoid Fever | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Food Poisoning | - | 2 | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia Ophthalmia | - | 14 | - | 9 | - | 23 | - | 37 | - | 83 | 83 |
| Neonatorum | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | ||
| TOTALS | 96 | 129 | 215 | 225 | 178 | 220 | 443 | 441 | 932 | 1,015 | 1,947 |