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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specimens from such persons engaged in food handling were taken for
examination. These were in all cases satisfactory but some of the cases
reported under "Food Poisoning" were probably contracted abroad.
SCOPE OF SERVICE
202 visits were made by Public Health Inspectors in connection with
communicable diseases during 1971. An unrecorded number of visits was also
made by non-technical staff for the collection of pathological specimens and
their delivery to the laboratory for examination.
SCARLET FEVER
Twenty-nine cases were notified, the same number as in 1970.
WHOOPING COUGH
There was a sharp decrease in the number notified, thirty compared with
eighty-one in 1970.
MEASLES
There was a reduction in the incidence of measles, 714 cases being notified
compared with 1,467 in 1970.
ACUTE MENINGITIS
Fourteen cases were notified, the same number as in 1970.
INFECTIVE JAUNDICE
Fifty-five cases were notified this year.
MALARIA
Eight cases were notified as compared to two in 1970.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORIUM
Seven cases were notified as compared to two in 1970.