Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE L.—continued.
Registration Sub-Districts. | Population at all Ages. | Total Registered Births, 1927 | Number of such Cases removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital during 1927. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Census 1921. | Estimated 1927, (middle of year). | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | ||
Small Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | * Typhoid or Enteric. | Fev ers. | Puerperal. | Erysipelas. | †Cerebro-spinal Fever. | Polio-myelitis Acuta. | Ophthalmia. | Measles. | German Measles. | Primary Pneumonia. | Influenzal Pneumonia. | Malaria. | ‡ Anthrax. | § Puerperal Pyrexia. | |||||
Continued Fever. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Lambeth Church | 45,617 | 43,380 | 2,135 | — | 94 | 190 | 1 | 7 | — | — | — | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 109 | — | 27 | 10 | — | 1 | — |
Kennington | 44,957 | 44,110 | 995 | — | 61 | 168 | — | 4 | — | — | 5 | 12 | 1 | — | 1 | 31 | — | 16 | 13 | — | — | 2 |
Stockwell | 63,806 | 64,960 | 1,375 | — | 134 | 97 | — | 2 | — | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | — | 23 | 7 | — | — | 4 |
Brixton | 81,262 | 84,920 | 1,482 | — | 192 | 172 | — | 3 | — | 2 | 5 | 13 | — | 1 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 22 | 11 | — | — | 1 |
Norwood | 67,318 | 70,330 | 1,029 | — | 136 | 123 | — | 4 | — | — | 3 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 26 | — | 14 | 6 | — | — | 1 |
Total | 302,960 | 307,700 | 7,016 | — | 617 | 750 | 1 | 20 | — | 5 | 19 | 55 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 208 | 1 | 102 | 47 | — | 1 | 8 |
* Including 1 case of paratyphoid fever, † Including 1 case of Post-basic meningitis. ‡ St. Thomas's Hospital case (patient's
home address, Cricklewood). § Notifiable compulsorily since October 1st, 1926.
N.B.—In addition to the above new cases of infectious sickness coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health
by compulsory medical notification under the Notification Clauses of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, or the Orders and
Regulations made thereunder, the following cases were reported voluntarily, viz; Chicken Pox 1,172, Measles 206, Cancer 94,
and Whooping Cough 507,