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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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| Age Group | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Measles | Dysentery | Acute Meningitis | Infective Jaundice | Totals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Under 1 year | _ | — | 3 | 3 | 33 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 75 |
| 1 year | _ | _ | 1 | 4 | 44 | 62 | 3 | _ | 1 • | 1 | _ | 1 | 117 |
| 2 years | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | 50 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | _ | _ | 105 |
| 3 years | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 58 | 51 | - | 4 | _ | - | 2 | 2 | 126 |
| 4 years | 4 | 2 | - | _ | 45 | 46 | 1 | 2 | _ | _ | - | - | 100 |
| 5-9 years | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 124 | 98 | 9 | 7 | _ | 1 | 3 | 8 | 273 |
| 10-14 years | 1 | 2 | _ | _ | 4 | 4 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 15-24 years | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 25 years and | |||||||||||||
| over | 1 | _ | _ | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 43 |
| Age unknown | 1 | — | _ | _ | 7 | 10 | — | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | — | 21 |
| TOTALS | 17 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 369 | 345 | 26 | 31 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 899 |