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 1971
[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 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | — | _ | _ | 3 | 17 | 12 | 29 |
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | _ | 3 | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| Measles | 183 | 175 | 124 | 104 | 47 | 56 | 15 | 10 | 369 | 345 | 714 |
| Dysentery | 5 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 26 | 31 | 57 |
| Acute Meningitis | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Infective Jaundice | 11 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 55 |
| Malaria | _ | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | — | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | — | _ | _ |
| Food Poisoning | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia | |||||||||||
| Neonatorium | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| TOTALS | 225 | 203 | 147 | 133 | 69 | 76 | 39 | 44 | 480 | 456 | 936 |