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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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MEASLES.
The number of deaths registered in the Parish from Measles
was 158 against 117 in 1888, and 152 in 1887, but in 1884 217
deaths were recorded; 2314 deaths occurred in the Metropolis
from this disease.
This Table shows the number of deaths from Scarlet Fever in the several districts in the Parish of Lambeth in each year for the last 20 years. The Strangers in the Hospitals having been deducted.
| Districts. | Year Mar 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterloo Road, 1st part | 12 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 1 | • • • | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| Waterloo Road, 2nd „ | 25 | 75 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 17 | !3 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 5 | • • • | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| Lambeth Church, 1st „ | 21 | 52 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 36 | 12 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 2 | • • • | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| Lambeth Church,2nd „ | 42 | 77 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 61 | 20 | 8 | 50 | 52 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 14 | ... | 8 | 25 | 31 | 21 |
| Kennington. 1st part | 43 | 107 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 61 | 22 | 18 | 29 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 13 | '5 |
| Kennington, 2nd „ | 18 | 57 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 31 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 6 |
| Brixton | 28 | 50 | 58 | 8 | 8 | 46 | 47 | 20 | 3 | 42 | 60 | 53 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 10 | 7 |
| Norwood | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 6 | • • • | 2 | 24 | 7 | 5 | ... | • • • | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Total Scarlet Fever, Lambeth | 204 | 479 | 123 | 40 | 31 | 189 | 274 | 123 | 87 | 201 | 228 | 136 * | 96 | 86 | 60 | 16 | 56 | 96 | 82 | 73 |