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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, ETC 1900—1908.
| 1st Q. | 2nd Q. | 3rd Q. | 4th Q. | Total 1908 | 1907. | 1906. | 1905. | 1904. | 1903. | 1902. | 1901 & 1900. | Yearly average 8 years (1900-1907). | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 233 | 177 | 266 | 228 | 1504 | 1998 | 836 | 1970 | 1294 | 1346 | 364 | 1669 | 1184.6 |
| Whooping Cough | 84 | 138 | 55 | 42 | 319 | 748 | 455 | 440 | 380 | 325 | 110 | 198 | 332.0 |
| Chicken-pox | 248 | 176 | 57 | 121 | 602 | 600 | 354 | 733 | 305 | 356 | 1525 | 166 | 517.4 |
| Consumption* | 174 | 180 | 156 | 239 | 749 | 677 | 592 | 598 | 659 | 269 | 488 | 1007 | 536.3 |
| Cancer | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 34 | 38 | 20.4 |
| 745 | 1277 | 544 | 638 | 3204 | 4047 | 2255 | 3757 | 2658 | 2309 | 2621 | 3078 | 2590.6 |
*Consumption voluntarily notifiable throughout the Borough since June 1st, 1902.
N.B.—32 other diseases (not classified i.e., Mumps, Eczema, Influenza, Scabies, Pneumonia, Blood Poisoning,
Diseases not stated, etc., and 51 Verminous Houses and Persons, were also dealt with during 1908.