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Lambeth 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, The Vestry of the Parish of]

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74
II.—SANITARY WORK.
Return showing the Number of Nuisances removed or
abated in the Parish of Lambeth, from the 1st January to
the 31st December, 1900.
Number of Notices 10065*
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
(Public Health, London, Act).
No. of Infected Houses (Notices served) 1992
Smallpox —
Scarlet Fever 721
Typhoid 254
Typhus —
Continued Fever 17
Diphtheria 748
Membranous Croup 6
Puerperal Fever 13
Erysipelas 231
English Cholera 2
Total 1992
*Excluding 23 Notices under the Housing of the Working Classes Act
1890.