London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| Age Group | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Measles | Dysentery | Meningococcal Infection 1.1.68- 30.9.68. | Acute Meningitis 1.10.68- 31.12.68. | Infective Jaundice 15.6.68- 31.12.68. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Totals | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Under 1 year | - | 2 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 75 |
| 1 - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 73 | 68 | 6 | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 169 |
| 2- | 3 | - | 5 | 8 | 76 | 63 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 166 |
| 3- | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 70 | 74 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 185 |
| 4 - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 63 | 57 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 143 |
| 5-9 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 139 | 140 | 16 | 21 | 1 | - | - | - | 11 | 6 | - | - | 377 |
| 10- 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | - | - | 41 |
| 15-24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | 35 | |
| 25 and over | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | - | - | 47 | |
| Age unknown | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 16 | ||
| TOTALS | 30 | 26 | 45 | 49 | 463 | 437 | 69 | 73 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 23 | - | 1,254 | |