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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 1909
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1909
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NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, ETC., 1900-1909.
| 1st Q. | 2nd Q. | 3rd Q. | 4th Q. | Total 1909. | 1908. | 1907. | 1906. | 1905. | 1904. | 1903 & 1902. | 1901 & 1900. | Yearly average 9 years (1900-1908). | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 522 | 749 | 162 | 168 | 1601 | 1504 | 1998 | 836 | 1970 | 1294 | 1710 | 1669 | 1220•1 |
| Whooping Cough | 195 | 427 | 67 | 72 | 761 | 319 | 748 | 455 | 440 | 380 | 435 | 198 | 330•6 |
| Chicken-pox | 133 | 131 | 87 | 357 | 708 | 602 | 600 | 354 | 733 | 305 | 1981 | 166 | 526•8 |
| Consumption* | 386 | 327 | 152 | 287 | 1152 | 749 | 677 | 592 | 598 | 659 | 757 | 1007 | 559•9 |
| Cancer | 13 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 56 | 30 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 47 | 38 | 21•4 |
| 1249 | 1651 | 482 | 896 | 4278 | 3204 | 4047 | 2255 | 3757 | 2658 | 4930 | 3078 | 2658•8 |
* Consumption voluntarily notifiable throughout the Borough since June 1st, 1902.
N.B. - 154 other diseases (not classified) i.e., Mumps, Gangrene, Influenza, Scabies, Pneumonia, Dropsy,
Diseases not stated, etc.. and 148 Verminous Houses and Persons were also dealt with during 1909.