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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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TABLE N.
Deaths from Zymotic Diseases (Strangers deducted) in Lambeth during 1896.
| For the 4 weeks ending | January. | Feb. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | Sept. | October. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Measles | 31 | 11 | 36 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | ... | 185 |
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 63 |
| Diphtheria | 10 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 129 |
| Membranous Croup | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 140 |
| Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 24 |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Diarrhœa | 1 | 4 | ... | 2 | 3 | 11 | 53 | 64 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 152 |
| Chief Zymotic Diseases | 60 | 46 | 58 | 63 | 65 | 47 | 112 | 104 | 36 | 37 | 31 | 48 | 708 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 12 |