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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 1916
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1916
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TABLE I. Shewing the total numbers of cases of infectious diseases notified compulsorily under the Notification Clauses of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and the Orders and Regulations made thereunder, in the Borough of Lambeth, during 1916, together with the total numbers of deaths registered from the same diseases, the case mortality per 100 persons for each disease, the numbers of cases removed to hospital, and the numbers of infected houses.
| Cases notified. | Deaths registered. | Case Mortality per 100. | Cases removed to hospital. | Infected houses. | Percent, of cases removed. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cholera | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Scarlet Fever | 501 | 7 | 1.4 | 486 | 414 | 90.5 |
| Diphtheria | 432 | 41 | 9.5 | 398 | 379 | 92.1 |
| Membranous Croup | 4 | – | 0.0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 |
| (Typhus | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Typhoid or Enteric | 19 | 1 | 5.3 | 18 | 17 | 94.7 |
| Continued and Relapsing Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Erysipelas | 122 | 3 | 2.5 | 41 | 118 | 33.6 |
| Puerperal Fever | 20 | 9 | 45.0 | 8 | 20 | 40.0 |
| *Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| *Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 38 | 18 | 4.7 | 35 | 35 | 92.1 |
| *Poliomyelitis acuta | 12 | – | 0.0 | 5 | 12 | 41.7 |
| *Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 83 | – | 0.0 | – | 83 | 0.0 |
| * Whooping Cough | 1.576 | 45 | 2.9 | 95 | 1,149 | 60 |
| *Measles | 2,548 | 49 | 1.9 | 136 | 2,202 | 5.3 |
| *German Measles | 1,212 | – | 0.0 | 105 | 1.020 | 8.7 |
| * Tuberculosis— | ||||||
| Pulmonary (primary) | 904 | 387 | 42.8 | – | 904 | – |
| Non-pulmonary (primary) | 362 | 101 | 27.9 | – | 362 | – |
| *Chickenpox | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 7,833 | 661 | 8.4 | 1,324 | 6,719 | 16.9 |
* Plague was made compulsorily notifiable on September 19th, 1900, Cerebro-Spinal Fever on March 12th, 1907, Poliomyelitis
acuta on September Ist, 1911, Ophthalmia Neonatorum on March 13th, 1911, Whooping Cough on January Ist, 1913, and
Tuberculosis (all forms) on February Ist, 1913. Chicken-pox was compulsorily notifiable as follows: 1902 (February 7th to
December 31st), 1903 (January Ist to 6th), 1904 (April Bth to November Bth), and 1911 (March 22nd to June 22nd), and 1915
(March 17th to June 30th), the numbers of cases notified being respectively 1,560, 40, 556, 238 and 473.