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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 1891
[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. 31 | Feb. 28 | J Mar. 28 | April 25 | May 23 | June 20 | July 18 | Aug. 15 | Sept. 12 | Oct. 10 | Nov. 7 | Dec. 5 | Jan. 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 9 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 35 | 128 |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 8 | — | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 46 |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 78 |
| Whooping Cough | 24 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 239 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 28 |
| Diarrhoea | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | — | 1 | 9 | 75 | 3° | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 165 |
| 685 |