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 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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CORRECTED NUMBER OF NOTIFICATIONS, EXCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS RECEIVED DURING 1972
| Disease | First Quarter | Second Quarter | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter | Totals | Grand Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 38 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Measles | 39 | 44 | 108 | 81 | 118 | 111 | 218 | 170 | 483 | 406 | 889 |
| Dysentery | 15 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 31 | 70 |
| Acute Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Malaria | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Food Poisoning | 4 | 4 | 5 | — | 6 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 18 | 44 |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorium | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Infective Jaundice | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 40 |
| TOTALS | 72 | 78 | 145 | 97 | 142 | 131 | 250 | 195 | 609 | 501 | 1,110 |