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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: A total of 51 cases of Measles occurred at the Norwood Schools, Elder Road, but there was not a single death connected therewith. The ages were as follows:—

A total of 51 cases of Measles occurred at the Norwood Schools, Elder Road, but there was not a single death connected therewith. The ages were as follows:—

Ages.Cases.Deaths.
1—2 years00
2—5 „370
5—6 „50
6—10 „90
10 and over00
Total510

Table: The absence of deaths calls for attention, especially when compared with a similar outbreak of Measles at the same Schools from October, 1902, to February, 1903—a total of 68 cases with 11 deaths, as follows:—

The absence of deaths calls for attention, especially when compared with a similar outbreak of Measles at the same Schools from October, 1902, to February, 1903—a total of 68 cases with 11 deaths, as follows:—

Ages.Cases.Deaths.
1—2 years61
2—5 „5410
5—6 „40
6—10 „30
10 and over10
Total6811

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Whooping Cough.
Whooping Cough is also a serious disease, especially to
young children. Of the 50 deaths registered in Lambeth
Borough during 1908 from this disease, 49 (i.e., 98 per cent.)
occurred in children under 5 years of age, and 19 of the
deaths (i.e., 38 per cent.) occurred amongst infants under 1
year of age. It is, therefore, a disease of childhood, and its
prevention is being systematically attempted, chiefly in the