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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 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, The Vestry of the Parish of]
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The seasonal mortality from the different zymotic diseases is well shown by arranging the deaths quarterly, thus:—
| 1896. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | FEVER. | Diarrhoea. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Cholera. | Influenza. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typhus. | Typhoid. | Continued. | |||||||||||||
| 1st Qr. | 2 | 80 | 23 | 22 | 28 | 2 | ... | 5 | ... | 7 | 2 | 3 | ... | 16 | 190 |
| 2nd Qr. | ... | 61 | 65 | 9 | 21 | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 200 |
| 3rd Qr. | ... | 40 | 29 | 13 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ... | 113 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 257 |
| 4th Qr. | ... | 4 | 23 | 19 | 48 | 5 | ... | 7 | ... | 14 | 9 | 1 | ... | 16 | 147 |
| T OTALS | 2 | 185 | 140 | 63 | 129 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 152 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 51 | 794 |
Taking the zymotic diseases collectively, it is noticed
that the 3rd quarter shewed the highest mortality, and the
4th quarter the lowest. Measles and Scarlet Fever reached
their maxima in the 1st quarter; Whooping Cough in the
2nd; Typhoid, Diarhœa and Cholera in the 3rd; Diphtheria
and Membranous Croup in the 4th; and Influenza had an
equally high rate in the 1st, 2nd and 4th.
Table L shews the zymotic seasonal variations in the
different Registration Sub-districts, whilst Table N gives
the monthly mortalities from the zymotic diseases.
Table M gives the deaths from the seven principal
zymotic diseases during 1896, and for the ten previous
years, not only in Lambeth Parish, but also (for comparison)
in London.