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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 II. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF LAMBETH DURING THE YEAR 1916.
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED. | TOTAL CASES NOTIFIED IN EACH LOCALITY. (e.g., Parish or Ward) of the District. | TOTAL CASES REMOVED TO HOSPITAL. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Lambeth Church. | Kennington. | Stockwell. | Brixton. | Norwood. | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwds. | ||||||||
| Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cholera | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 436 | 16 | 129 | 210 | 49 | 30 | 2 | – | 114 | 60 | 62 | 138 | 62 | 401 |
| Erysipelas | 122 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 38 | 31 | 13 | 37 | 12 | 18 | 36 | 19 | 41 |
| Scarlet Fever | 501 | 4 | 109 | 311 | 50 | 25 | 2 | – | 91 | 72 | 90 | 1381 | 110 | 486 |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 486 |
| Enteric Fever | 19 | – | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| Relapsing Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Continued Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – |
| Puerperal Fever | 20 | – | – | – | 3 | 17 | – | – | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| Plague | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis* | 894 | 1 | 9 | 57 | 147 | 459 | 200 | 21 | 190 | 141 | 193 | 221 | 149 | – |
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis† | 347 | 9 | 59 | 167 | 49 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 59 | 48 | 88 | 81 | 71 | – |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 38 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 35 |
| Polio myelitis acuta | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 83 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 19 | 21 | 27 | 5 | – |
| Whooping Cough‡ | 1576 | 121 | 803 | 637 | 3 | 8 | 4 | – | 422 | 304 | 224 | 262 | 364 | 95 |
| Measles§ | 2548 | 75 | 728 | 1189 | 139 | 107 | 6 | 1 | 672 | 399 | 376 | 384 | 717 | 136 |
| German Measles § | 1212 | 53 | 416 | 887 | 98 | 58 | 3 | – | 376 | 201 | 179 | 187 | 269 | 105 |
Isolation Hospitals. Name and Situation —Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Hoard (one situated in the Hnxton Sub-District and Stockwell Ward
of the Borough of Lambeth). Total available beds provided by the Board—8555. Number of Diseases that can he concurrently treated—All usual notifiable
intectious diseases and (partly) Measles and whooping Cough.
* Excluding , all renotifications (232) of pulmonary tuberculosis, and notifications under Form C (389) and under Form D (422) of the 1912 Regulations.
† Excluding all renotificatlona (19) of non-pulmonary tuberculosis, ami notifications under Form C (39) and under Form I) (38) of the 1912 Regulations.
† Whooping Cough became compulsorily notifiable within the Borough of Lambeth on January 1st, 1913-
§ Measles and German Measles became compulsorily notifiable within the Borough of Lambeth on January Ist, 1916.