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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 1905
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1905
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NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, Etc., 1899—1905.
| 1st Q. | 2nd Q. | 3rd Q. | 4th Q. | Total. 1905. | 1904. | 1903. | 1902. | 1901. | 1900. | 1899. | Yearly average 6 years (1899-1904). | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 150 | 324 | 166 | 1330 | 1970 | 1294 | 1346 | 364 | 728 | 941 | 773 | 907.6 |
| Whooping Cough | 63 | 220 | 85 | 72 | 440 | 380 | 325 | 110 | 72 | 126 | 58 | 178.5 |
| Chicken-pox | 228 | 203 | 88 | 214 | 733 | 305 | 356 | 1625 | 78 | 88 | 21 | 412.1 |
| Consumption* | 149 | 140 | 182 | 127 | 598 | 659 | 269 | 488 | 483 | 524 | 474 | 499.5 |
| Cancer | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 34 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 19.6 |
| 594 | 892 | 522 | 1749 | 3750 | 2658 | 2309 | 2621 | 1376 | 1702 | 1339 | 2000.8 |
* Consumption voluntarily notifiable throughout the Borough since June 1st, 1902.
N.B.—l56 other diseases (not classified) i.e., Mumps, Ringworm, Influenza, Scabies, Pneumonia, Glanders, Diseases not stated,
etc., and 14 Verminous Houses, were also dealt with during 1905.