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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE O.
Deaths from zymotic diseases (Strangers deducted), 1907.
| For the 4 weeks ending | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | 1 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 107 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 38 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 47 |
| Membranous Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough . | 15 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 111 |
| Typhus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diarrhoea | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 71 | |
| Total of Seven Chief Zymotic Diseases | 25 | 20 | 32 | 30 | 38 | 52 | 30 | 31 | 44 | 33 | 22 | 18 | 379 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 15 |
| Puerperal Fever | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 9 |