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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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No meningococci were found in the sample of cerebrospinal
fluid. The sample of urine showed the presence of
pus.
Antitoxin. The Borough Council has distributed during 1909, free of cost to medical practitioners practising in Lambeth Borough, 59 vials of antitoxin.
| 1909. | Sputa— Tub. Bac. found. | *Bloods— Typhoid reaction obtained. | Throat and Nose Membranes and Discharges— Klebs, Lceffler Bac. found. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes. | No. | Total. | Yes. | No. | Total. | Yes. | No. | Total. | |
| January | 6 | 11 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 28 | 29 |
| February | 3 | 9 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 38 | 38 |
| March | 9 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ... | 27 | 27 |
| Afril | 7 | 8 | 15 | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | 28 | 28 |
| May | 10 | 15 | 25 | ... | ... | 3 | 42 | 45 | |
| June | 9 | 7 | 16 | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 104 | 106 |
| July | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 28 | 29 |
| August | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 23 |
| September | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 94 | 97 |
| October | 6 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 42 |
| November | 7 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ... | 41 | 41 |
| December | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | 42 | 46 |
| TOTALS | 71 | 115 | 186 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 20 | 531 | 551 |
*In 11 samples (i.e., 34.4 per cent.) ot Typhoid Fever blood, in
connection with which there was a reaction, the reaction was slightly (or feebly)
marked.
N.B;- 12 other samples were also examined during 1909, viz.:—Hairs, 4
Urine 1, Milks 6, Cerebrospinal fluid 1,