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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 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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Deaths from Zymotic Diseases (strangers deducted).
| For the four weeks ending | Jan. 26 | Feb. 13 | Mar. 23 | April 20 | May 18 | June 15 | July 13 | Aug. 10 | Sept. 7 | Oct. 5 | Nov. 2 | Nov. 30 | Dec. 28 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Measles | 58 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 158 |
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 73 |
| Diphtheria | 12 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 155 |
| Whooping Cough | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 137 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 4 | 4 | ... | 4 | ... | 4 | 4 | 4 | 31 |
| Diarrhœa | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 60 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 173 |
| 719 |