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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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TABLE O.
Deaths from Zymotic diseases (Strangers deducted), 1908.
| For the 4 weeks ending | January. | February. | M arch. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 2 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 101 |
| Scarlet Fever | 8 | — | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | — | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 42 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 44 |
| Membranous Croup | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 50 |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diarrhœa | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 48 | 45 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 150 |
| Total of Seven Chief Zymotic Diseases | 22 | 21 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 28 | 33 | 62 | 66 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 397 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | —_ | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 11 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 6 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 10 |