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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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Table: TABLE V.C SOUTH BLOCK OUTBREAK. INCUBATION PERIOD OF DIPHTHERIA=2 to 12 DAYS.

TABLE V.C SOUTH BLOCK OUTBREAK. INCUBATION PERIOD OF DIPHTHERIA=2 to 12 DAYS.

Infirmary Infected, with Diphtheria and Vincent's Angina or Ulcerative Stomatitis.Willie Jarvis,22/4/.-25/4/.Harry Jarvis, 26/4/.-30/5/.Alice Jarvis, 23/3/.-15/4/. 22/4/.-25/4/.Suspicious throat cases admitted from Main Building, Receiving or Probation Wards, 10/5/.-5/6/. (off and on).
Walter Button, 16/5/.-18/5/. (from B.S. on 26/4/. with conjunctivitis and debility).Kate Hemmings, 14/5/.-17/5/.(from C.S. on Feb. 3rd with tonsilitis and stomatitis).C SOUTH BLOCK Joseph Tipper, 28/4/.-27/5/.Jane Sutton, 27/5/.-29/5/. (from C. North on 13/5/. with conjunctivitis).Alice Trebett, 1/6/.-5/6/.(from D North on 7/5/. with seborrhœa).
Lower Dormitory.Upper Dormitory.
1.Emily Grantham 10/5/.-16/5/.4.David West 16/5/.-17/5/.1.Florence Cummings 16/5/.-17/5/.
2. Florence Cooper 12/6/.-17/5/.5. Francis Clarke 26/5/.-29/5/.2. Marie Burrell 26/5/.-6/6/.
3. Dolly Wilson 14/5/.-16/5/.6. George Smith 1/6/.-6/6/.
Lower Dormitory.Upper Dormitory.
1.Lily Rachel, 8/6,-9/6.1. Florence Fuller, 10/6/.-13/6/.
2.Walter Power, 8/6/.-9/6/.2. Maud Smith, 12/6/.-13/6/.
3. Sydney Eyre, 9/6/.-13/6/.3. Susan Fox, 12/6/.-16/6/.
4.Charles Bartley, 12/6/.-16/6/.4. Lillie Sedgwick, 12/6/.-15/6/.
5. Emma Foulger, 12/6/.-17/6/.5. Annie Kennedy, 12/6/.-15/6/.
6. Charles Norris, 12/6/.-16/6/.6. Gertrude Baker, 12/6/.-16/6/.
7. Fred Cherry, 13/6.-16/6.7. Lily Smith, 12/6/.-16/6/.
8. Charles Fox, 14/6/.-16/6/.8. Lily Bouchier, 14/6/.-17/6/.
9. Arthur Cooper, 14/6/.-17/6/.9. Violet Ramsdale, 14/6/.-17/6/.
10. Doris Bissmore, 18/6/.-21/6/.10. Emily Beaumont, 14/6/.-17/6/.
11. Elizabeth Locke, 27/6/.-30/6/.11. Daisy Barrett, 15/6/.-17/6/.

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N.B.—Julia Bell (aged 21 years), an attendant in C South Block, sickened June 21st, and was removed to Hospital on June 24th.
Philip Jones was admitted on May 6th into Receiving Ward from Lambeth with enlarged tonsils, which ulcerated on May 17th.