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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 1903
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1903
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The seasonal mortality (corrected) from the different zymotic diseases during 1903 is well shown by arranging the deaths quarterly, thus:—
| 1903. | Smallpox | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | FEVER. | Diarrhoea. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Cholera.* | Influenza. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typhus. | Typhoid. | Continued. | |||||||||||||
| 1st Qr. | — | 44 | 63 | 8 | 11 | — | _ | 6 | — | 16 | 2 | 1 | — | 29 | 180 |
| 2nd Qr. | 36 | 31 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | — | 13 | 108 | |
| 3rd Qr | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 99 | 5 | 1 | i | 5 | 151 | |
| 4th Qr. | 38 | 19 | 6 | 11 | — | — | 9 | — | 37 | 2 | 2 | — | 5 | 129 | |
| Totals. | 4 | 130 | 126 | 23 | 28 | 1 | — | 24 | 1 | 160 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 52 | 568 |
* The Cholera case was, in all probability, Epidemic Diarrhœa.
Taking the zymotic diseases collectively, it is noticed that
the 1st quarter shewed the highest mortality, and the 2nd
quarter the lowest. Influenza, Measles, Whooping Cough and
Scarlet Fever reached their maxima in the 1st quarter; Diarrhœa
in the 3rd ; and Typhoid in the 4th. Diphtheria reached its maximum
in the 1st and 4th quarters.
Table M shews the zymotic seasonal variations in the
different Registration Sub-districts, while Table O gives the
monthly mortalities from the zymotic diseases.
Table Q gives the deaths registered in the Borough of Lambeth
from the seven principal zymotic diseases during 1903, and for
ten years (1891-1900) in the old Lambeth Parish. For comparison,
the deaths registered in London for the same period
are also given