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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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Harleyford Road (the fixing of a ventilating shaft), and that,
during the progress of these works, sewer gas was escaping from
the open sewer into the street, off and on for a period of two to
three weeks. Enquiry showed that all the notified children (with
one exception) had to pass the sewer opening, going to and
from school.
An outbreak of mild Diphtheria and Pseudo-Diphtheria took
place during 1905 (May to September) at the Lambeth Parochial
Schools, situated in Elder Road, West Norwood—a total of 64
cases of genuine Klebs-Loeffler Diphtheria. This outbreak is
dealt with in the form of a special report (vide Appendix, p. 102).
The majority of the cases were mild and of the nasal type, giving
rise to difficulties in diagnosis, but the stringent precautionary
measures taken prevented the extension of the disease.
The distribution of the disease in the different Registration Sub-Districts of the Borough of Lambeth, together with the numbers of deaths amongst both hospital-, and home-treated patients, etc., during 1905, are as follows :—
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Total No. of Cases Notified. | Cases treated at Home. | Cases removed to Hospital. | No. of Deaths. | Case Mortality per 100. | Rate of Persons Notified per 100( Inhabitants. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Home. | In Hospital. | Total. | ||||||
| Waterloo Rd. 1st | 15 | 1 | 14 | — | 1 | 1 | 6.7 | 1.2 |
| Waterloo Rd. 2nd | 16 | — | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12.5 | |
| Lambeth Ch. 1st | 42 | 1 | 41 | — | 2 | 2 | 4.8 | 2.3 |
| Lambeth Ch. 2nd | 85 | 28 | 57 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 14.1 | 2.1 |
| Kennington 1st | 83 | 4 | 79 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 84 | 1.5 |
| Kennington 2nd | 51 | 23 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9.3 | 1.2 |
| Brixton | 61 | 8 | 53 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9.8 | 0.7 |
| Norwood | 83 | 15 | 68 | — | 2 | 2.4 | ||
| Borough of Lambeth | 439 | 80 | 359 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 8.4 | 1.4 |