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, 86 deaths have occurred, viz.: 61 parishioners and
25 strangers, against 69 last year and 71 the preceding year.
843 deaths occurred in the Metropolis against 896 in 1885
and 973 in 1884.
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 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1873 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterloo Road, 1st | 10 | 22 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 37 | 8 | 33 | 26 | 10 | 37 | 22 | 22 | • • • | 36 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 17 |
| Waterloo Road, 2nd | 21 | 17 | 33 | 18 | 27 | 22 | 26 | 5 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 6 | 23 | 8 | 32 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 10 |
| Lambeth Church, 1st | 20 | 18 | 29 | 20 | 41 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 37 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 33 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 15 |
| Lambeth Church, 2nd | 22 | 43 | 51 | 34 | 45 | 32 | 44 | 18 | 59 | 33 | 27 | 68 | 54 | 57 | 37 | 63 | 20 | 44 | 33 | 25 |
| Kennington, 1st | 18 | 55 | 31 | 22 | 29 | 36 | 13 | 27 | 37 | 25 | 10 | 70 | 22 | 53 | 24 | 51 | 27 | 44 | 27 | 22 |
| Kennington, 2nd | 11 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 35 | 24 | 16 | 36 | 35 | 10 | 51 | 27 | 44 | 17 | 42 | 12 | 51 | 9 | 38 |
| Brixton | 9 | 33 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 29 | 34 | 12 | 44 | 63 | 38 | 15 | 70 | 32 | 26 | 14 | 51 |
| Norwood | 10 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 18 |
| Totals | 121 | 211 | 215 | 164 | 186 | 206 | 188 | 89 | 272 | 174 | 89 | 342 | 229 | 275 | 119 | 342 | 126 | 209 | 142 | 196 |