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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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| notifiable diseases. | cases | notified in whole district. | total cases notified in each new locality. | no. of cases removed to hospital from each new locality. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Waterloo. | Lambeth Church. | Kennington. | Stockwell. | Brixton. | Norwood. | Waterloo. | Lambetn Church. | Kennington. | Stockwell. | Brixton. | Norwood. | ||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 373 | 11 | 156 | 168 | 26 | 12 | ... | 30 | 30 | 79 | 68 | 97 | 69 | 30 | 30 | 74 | 67 | 88 | 57 |
| Membranous Croup | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | 189 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 16 | 112 | 22 | 21 | 28 | 43 | 41 | 34 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1164 | 15 | 319 | 099 | 75 | 56 | ... | 58 | 162 | 248 | 251 | 276 | 169 | 56 | 160 | 245 | 232 | 250 | 145 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Enteric Fever | 49 | ... | ... | 10 | 16 | 23 | ... | 5 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 9 |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 16 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 2 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 14 | 6 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 |
| Totals | 1808 | 40 | 495 | 899 | 134 | 219 | 22 | 117 | 227 | 387 | 378 | 419 | 281 | 101 | 210 | 349 | 324 | 349 | 221 |
Note.— (a) The localities adopted for this table are the same as those in Tables ii. and iv.
(b) Patients are removed to the Isolation Hospitals of the Metropolit n Asylums Board, one of wh ch is
situated in Brixton Regis'ra'ior. Sub-district.