London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 38 & 39 Vict.,
cap. 63, 1875, and the Amendment Act, 42 & 43 Vict., cap.
30, 1879.
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| YEAR. | Total number of Cases. | Sanitary Work Structural and Permanent. | Sanitary Work not Structural. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1886 | 4504 | 2433 | 2071 |
| 1885 | 3567 | 1459 | 2108 |
| 1884 | 3727 | 1621 | 2106 |
| 1883 | 3060 | 1294 | 1766 |
| 1882 | 3239 | 1267 | 1972 |
| 1881 | 3730 | I293 | 2437 |
| 1880 | 3259 | 1106 | 2153 |
| 1879 | 3075 | 960 | 2115 |
| 1878 | 3380 | 1169 | 2211 |
| 1877 | 3563 | 1299 | 2264 |
Summonses issued, 23. Convictions, 23. Cautioned, 2.
| Notices served and verbal | 736 |
| Small Pox | 7 |
| Scarlet Fever | 232 |
| Typhoid | 37 |
| Measles | 157 |
| Diphtheria | 63 |
| Chicken Pox | 2 |
| Diarrhœa | 238 |
| Total | 736 |