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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Shewing the number of Deaths (corrected) from the 7 principal zymotic diseases in the Borough of Lambeth during 1917 and during the five previous years 1912-16, together with the yearly averages during the two decennia 1891-1900 (Parish) and 1901-1910 (Borough).
| Disease. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | 1915. | 1916. | Total (corrected) Deaths in 1917. | Annual average of tenyears 1901-1910 (Borough). | Annual average of ten years 1891-1900 (Parish). | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | 6.8 | 1.1 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 9 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 31.4 | 48.8 | |
| Diphtheria | 29 | 36 | 50 | 45 | 41 | 48 | 41.6 | 124.5 | |
| Membranous Croup | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1.5 | 6.8 | |
| Fever. | Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Typhoid or Enteric | 13 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 16.7 | 34.7 | |
| Continued and Relapsing | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0.7 | 1.7 | |
| Diarrhœa | 82 | 166 | 196 | 124 | 105 | 91 | 172.9 | 196.5 | |
| Cholera | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.3 | 8.8 | |
| Measles | 97 | 98 | 58 | 91 | 49 | 108 | 110.4 | 145.6 | |
| Whooping Cough | 55 | 47 | 40 | 49 | 45 | 38 | 91.8 | 143.7 | |
| 287 | 369 | 375 | 335 | 248 | 295 | 475.1 | 706.1 | ||