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Lambeth 1905

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1905

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TABLE IV.Showing particulars of all Diphtheria Cases notified and removed to Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospital from (a) Lambeth Workhouse and (b) Lambeth Workhouse Infirmary. (a) WORKHOUSE.

NAME.Age.Date of Admis'ion to Workh'se, 1905.Date of Removal to Hospital, 1905.Result of Bacteriological Examination. Nature of Bacilli found.Date of Return from Hospital, 1905.Length of stay (days) in Hospital.
Alfred Eslin4June 15June 28Klebs-LœfflerAugust 134
Edward Blease2April 26July3„ 1846
Elsie Callis9June 19„ 3„ 129
*Walter Callis11„ 19„ 3Nov. 9129
Daisy Tingley6„ 26„ 3August 129
James Callis12„19„ 6„ 126
Charlotte Gatty2May 23„ 6„ 126
Sarah Green1June 19„ 6„ 1843
Rose Ludlow6„ 20„ 6„ 1843
Alice Baker7„ 28„ 7„ 428
Frank Spooner1„ 9„ 7„ 1135

(b) WORKHOUSE INFIRMARY.

NAME.Age.Date of Admission to Infirmary, 1905.Date of Removal to Hospital, 1905.Result of Bacteriological Examination. Nature of Bacilli found.Date of Return from Hospital, 1905.Length of stay (days) in Hospital.
Fanny Bowles48June6June 16Klebs-LœfflerJuly 114
Edith King25May 12„ 16„ 519
Charlotte Bambury34„23„ 17,,„ 1831
Selina Jessop65„ 13„ 17„ 1831
Emily Wells25Oct.25„ 17„ 1831
Richard Barker33June 13„ 18August 144
Thomas Nichols30„ 3„18„ 144
Sarah Jarvis3M'hs„ 22„ 22Klebs-LœfflerVincent's OrganismsDied Aug. 443
Florence Hall14„ 24„ 25Klebs-LœfflerOctober15112
†Rosa Goulston18May 30July8July 1810

*Double infection of Diphtheria followed by Scarlet Fever.
†N.B.—Rosa Goulston was notified on June 21st, 1905, but was not removed to
Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospital until July 8th, being isolated meanwhile
at the Infirmary (Special Small Ward).
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