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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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1 72
Germs per c.c.
Sample 1 1,500,000
„ 2 1,300,000
„ 3 ],100,000
„ 4 900,000
„ 5 940,000
„ 6 876,000
Germs per c.c.
Sample 7 764,000
„ 8 760,000
„ 9 521,000
„ 10 94,000
„ 11 26,000
„ 12 24,000
| 1905. | Sputa. Tub. Bac. found. | *Bloods. Typhoid reaction obtained. | Throat and Nose Membranes and Discharges. Klebs-I.oe filer bac. found. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No. | Total. | Yes. | No. | Total. | Yes. | No. | Total. | |
| January | 7 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| February | 2 | 14 | 16 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| March | 3 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 11 | 11 |
| April | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 7 | 7 |
| May | 6 | 12 | 18 | 1 | — | 1 | 10 | 47 | 57 |
| June | 2 | 12 | 14 | — | 2 | 2 | 62 | 224 | 286 |
| July | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 802 | 826 |
| August | 3 | 10 | 13 | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 247 | 252 |
| September | — | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 81 | 32 |
| October | 5 | 20 | 25 | _ | 3 | 3 | 5 | 59 | 64 |
| November | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 52 | 55 |
| December | 1 | 16 | 17 | — | 4 | 4 | — | 31 | 31 |
| Totals | 36 | 145 | 181 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 111 | 1533 | 1644 |
* In 2 samples (i.e., 33 3 per cent.) of suspected Typhoid Fever blood,
the reaction was slightly (or feebly) marked.
N.B.—16 other samples were also examined during 1905, viz. :—
12 milks, 1 urine (suspected tubercle), 1 pus (suspected tubercle) and 2 pus
(suspected diphtheria).