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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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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CORRECTED NUMBER OF NOTIFICATIONS, EXCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS RECEIVED DURING 1969
| Disease | First Quarter | Second Quarter | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter | Totals | Grand Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 47 |
| Whooping Cough | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 23 | 40 |
| Measles | 454 | 437 | 198 | 173 | 127 | 115 | 10 | 7 | 789 | 732 | 1,521 |
| Dysentery | 4 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 30 | 56 |
| Acute Meningitis | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| Infective Jaundice | 8 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 4 | - | - | 28 | 16 | 44 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 7 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia | |||||||||||
| Neonatorium | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | " | 1 | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| TOTALS | 492 | 475 | 238 | 204 | 154 | 140 | 21 | 17 | 906 | 835 | 1,741 |