Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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DIPHTHERIA.
There has been during this year a slight decrease in this
disease, 85 deaths have occurred, viz.: 69 parishioners and
16 strangers, against 71 last year and 67 the preceding year.
896 deaths occurred in the Metropolis against 973 in 1884
and 951 in 1883.
WHOOPING COUGH.
This Table shows the number of deaths from Whooping Cough in the several districts in the Parish of Lambeth,
in each year for the last 20 years.
districts. | Year 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1873 | 1884 | 1885 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Waterloo Road, 1st | 9 | 10 | 22 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 37 | 8 | 33 | 26 | 10 | 37 | • 22 | 22 | • • • | 36 | 8 | 20 | 6 |
Waterloo Road, 2nd | 10 | 21 | 17 | 33 | 18 | 27 | 22 | 26 | 5 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 6 | 23 | 8 | 32 | 10 | 19 | 17 |
Lambeth Church, 1st | 29 | 20 | 18 | 29 | 20 | 41 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 37 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 33 | 15 | 18 | 22 |
Lambeth Church, 2nd | 33 | 22 | 43 | 51 | 34 | 45 | 32 | 44 | 18 | 59 | 33 | 27 | 68 | 54 | 57 | 37 | 63 | 20 | 44 | 33 |
Kennington, 1st | 29 | 18 | 55 | 31 | 22 | 29 | 36 | 13 | 27 | 37 | 25 | 10 | 70 | 22 | 53 | 24 | 51 | 27 | 44 | 27 |
Kennington, 2nd | 14 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 35 | 24 | 16 | 36 | 35 | 10 | 51 | 27 | 44 | 17 | 42 | 12 | 51 | 9 |
Brixton | 7 | 9 | 33 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 29 | 34 | 12 | 44 | 63 | 38 | 15 | 70 | 32 | 26 | 14 |
Norwood | 8 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 14 |
Totals | 139 | 121 | 211 | 215 | 164 | 186 | 206 | 188 | 89 | 272 | 174 | 89 | 342 | 229 | 275 | 119 | 342 | 126 | 209 | 142 |