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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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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CORRECTED NUMBER OF NOTIFICATIONS OTHER TI1AN TUBERCULOSIS RECEIVED DURING 1968
| Disease | First Quarter | Second Quarter | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter | Totals | Grand Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 9 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 56 |
| Whooping Cough | 19 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 45 | 49 | 94 |
| Measles | 11 | 12 | 44 | 37 | 43 | 45 | 165 | 343 | 463 | 437 | 900 |
| Dysentery | 38 | 31 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 69 | 73 | 142 |
| Meningococcal Infection 1.1.68- 30.9.68. | 4 | 2 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Acute Meningitis 1.10.68 - 31.12.68. | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Acute Pneumonia 1.1.68 - 30.9.68. | 10 | 2 | 2 | _ | _ | 2 | _ | _ | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Erysipelas 1.1.68- 30.9.68. | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | 2 | 2 | ||
| Food Poisoning | 11 | 11 | 7 | 5 ' | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 53 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia 1.1.68- 30.9.68. | _ | 6 | 9 | _ | 32 | _ | 47 | 47 | |||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorium | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 |
| Infective Jaundice 15.6.68 - 31.12.68. | _ | _ | 2 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 23 | 50 |
| TOTALS | 102 | 81 | 78 | 105 | 88 | 121 | 411 | 388 | 679 | 695 | 1,374 |