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Lambeth 1919
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1919
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TABLE G.
Shewing the total numbers of cases of infectious diseases notified compulsorily by Medical Practitioners
under the Notification Clauses of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and the Orders and Regulations made
thereunder, in the Borough of Lambeth, during 1919, 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.
† Including 7 Military Measles cases (6 soldiers and 1 nurse), and 4 Military German Measles cases (3 soldiers and 1 nurse).
40 Measles cases were notified by parents (or relatives), in addition to the above.
TABLE G.
| Cases notified. | Deaths registered. | Case Mortality per 100. | Cases removed to hospital. | Infected houses. | Per cent. of cases removed. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cholera | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Smallpox | 1 | – | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1011 | 16 | 1.5 | 866 | 927 | 85.6 |
| Diphtheria | 548 | 60 | 10.9 | 484 | 483 | 88.3 |
| Membranous Croup | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 |
| Typhus | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Typhoid or Enteric | 16 | 4 | 25.0 | 13 | 16 | 81.2 |
| Continued and Relapsing Fever | 187 | 9 | 4.8 | 53 | 185 | 28.9 |
| Erysipelas | 187 | 9 | 4.8 | 53 | 185 | 28.9 |
| Puerperal Fever | 16 | 6 | 37.5 | 16 | 16 | 100.0 |
| *Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| *Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 13 | 7 | 53.9 | 13 | 11 | 100.0 |
| *Poliomyelitis acuta | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 |
| *Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 82 | – | 0.0 | 3 | 82 | 3.6 |
| *Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| *Measles | 979 | 26 | 2.6 | 71 | 813 | 7.2 |
| *German Measles | 200 | – | 0.0 | 21 | 187 | 10.5 |
| *Tuberculosis— | ___ | ... | ||||
| Pulmonary (primary) | 656 | 342 | 52.1 | – | 656 | – |
| Non-pulmonary (primary) | 224 | 75 | 33.5 | – | 224 | – |
| *Chickenpox | – | – | – | – | – | – |
N.B. In addition to the above, the following infectious diseases, made compulsorily notifiable during 1919, have been notified,
the numbers of infected houses in which the diseases were notified being given in brackets after each disease:- Malaria 91 (91),
dysentry 6 (6), primary pneumonia 74 (73), influenzal pneumonia 169 (154), and acute encephalitis lethargica 5 (5), 50 cases of
primary pneumonia, 24 of influenzal pneumonia and 4 of acute encephalitis lethargica were removed to hospital. 3 cases of acute
encephalitis lethargica died.
* Plague was made compulsorily notifiable on September 19th, 1900, Cerebro-Spinal Fever on March 12th, 1907, Poliomyelitis
and Polio-Encephalitis acuta on September 1st, 1911, Opthalmia Neonatorum on March 13th, 1911, and Tuberculosis
(all forms) on February 1st, 1913. Chicken-Pox was compulsorily notifiable as follows: 1902 (February 7th to December 31st),
1903 (January 1st to 6th), 1904 (April 8th to November 8th), 1911 (March 22nd to June 22nd), 1915 (March 17th to June 30th)
and 1918 (March 27th to June 30th), the numbers of cases notified being respectively, 1,560, 40, 556, 238, 473 and 307. Whooping
Cough was compulsorily notifiable from January 1st, 1913, to Dceember 31st, 1917, the numbers of cases notified being as follow:-
1913, 1428 ; 1914, 1,389 ; 1915, 1,607 ; 1916, 1,576 ; and 1917, 902. Measles and German Measles became compulsorily notifiable
on January 1st, 1916. Acute encephalitis lethargica became compulsorily notifiable on Jan, 1st, 1919, and malaria, dysentery,
pneumonia (acute primary and acute influenzal) and trench fever, on March 1st, 1919.
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