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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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166
NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, ETC., 1900—1910.
1st Q.
2nd Q.
3rd Q.
4th Q.
Total
1910.
1909.
1908.
1907.
1906.
1905 &
1904.
1903 &
1902.
1901 &
1900.
Yearly
average
10 years
1900-1909).
Measles
211
1086
270
556
2123
1601
1504
1998
836
3264
1710
1669
1258.2
Whooping Cough
179
308
85
114
686
761
319
748
455
820
435
198
373.6
Chicken-pox
232
190
48
164
634
708
602
600
354
1038
1981
166
544.9
Consumption*
212
289
233
285
1019
1152
749
677
592
1257
757
1007
619.1
Cancer
4
17
10
8
39
56
30
24
18
36
47
38
24.9
Total
838
1890
646
1127
4501
4278
3204
4047
2255
6415
4930
3078
2820.7
* Consumption voluntarily notifiable throughout the Borough since June 1st, 1902, and compulsorily
(Poor Law cases) under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908, since January 1st, 1909.
N.B.— 210 other diseases (not classified) i.e., Mumps, Scabies, Pneumonia, Ringworm, Blood poisoning,
Diseases not stated, etc., and 207 Verminous Houses and Clothing were also dealt with during 1910.