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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 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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whooping cough.
Table showing the number of deaths and distribution in the
sub-districts.
Deaths from Zymotic Diseases (strangers deducted)
| For the four weeks ending | Jan. 30 | Feb. 27 | March 26 | April 23 | May 21 | June 18 | July 16 | Aug. 13 | Sept. 10 | Oct. 8 | Nov. 5 | Dec. 3 | Dec. 31 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Measles | 36 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 187 |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 76 |
| Diphtheria | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 127 |
| Whooping Cough | 28 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 135 |
| Enteric Fever | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 22 |
| Diarrhœa | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 34 | 43 | 20 | 11 | 4 | — | 167 |
| 715 |