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Lambeth 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Local Government Board New Tables. TABLE 11.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF LAMBETH DURING THE YEAR 1923.
| Notifiable disease. | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED. | TOTAL CASES OF NOTIFIED IN EACH LOCALITY.(e.g Parish or Ward) of the District.) | TOTAL CASES REMOVED TO HOSPITAL. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | |||||||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwds. | Lambeth Church. | Kennington. | Stockwell. | Brixton. | Norwood. | |||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 584 | 15 | 193 | 245 | 72 | 54 | 4 | 1 | 120 | 123 | 98 | 128 | 115 | 568 |
| Erysipelas | 107 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 12 | 27 | 19 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 34 |
| Scarlet Fever | 823 | 7 | 233 | 474 | 66 | 40 | 3 | - | 124 | 80 | 111 | 315 | 193 | 776 |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever (1 paratyphoid fever) | 8 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 48 | - | - | - | 12 | 35 | 1 | - | 8 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 47 |
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis* | 459 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 96 | 224 | 107 | 10 | 83 | 62 | 89 | 144 | 81 | - |
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis † | 108 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 30 | 19 | - |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever (3 post-basic meningitis) | 7 | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | 6 |
| Polio myelitis acuta (1 polio-encephalitis acuta) | 10 | - | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 8 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 8 |
| Measles § | 1103 | 69 | 659 | 350 | 18 | 6 | - | 1 | 342 | 181 | 180 | 208 | 192 | 148 |
| German Measles | 147 | 14 | 43 | 75 | 12 | 3 | - | - | 32 | 22 | 36 | 46 | 11 | 1 |
| Malaria | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Trench Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Primary Pneumonia | 169 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 43 | 52 | 16 | 27 | 26 | 37 | 46 | 33 | 51 |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 55 | - | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 15 |
Isolation Hospitals, Name and Situation—Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board (one situated in the Brixton Sub-District and Stock well Ward
of the Borough of Lambeth). Total available beds provided by the Board—8555. Number of Diseases that can be concurrently treated—All usual notifiable
infectious diseases and (partly' Measles and \\ hooping Cough.
* Excluding all renotifications (184) of pulmonary tuberculosis, and notifications under Form C (398) and under Form D (300) of the 1912 Regulations,
† Excluding all renotification (7) of non-pulmonary tuberculosis, and notifications under Form C (60)and under Form D (61) ot the 1912 Regulations.
§ Measles and German Measles became compulsorily notifiable within the Borough of Lambeth on January 1st, 1916, and are still compulsorily notifiable.