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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE M. Distribution of Cases Notified During the Year 1933.
| Notifiable Disease | Number of Cases Notified | Total Cases Notified in each Registration Sub-District | Total Cases Removed to Hospital | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages—Years | Lambeth Church | Kennington | Stockwell | Brixton | Norwood | 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 upwards | ||||||||||||
| Small-pox | 126 | 1 | 7 | 44 | 44 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 72 | 42 | — | 10 | 2 | 52 | 38 | — | 9 | 2 |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 556 | 19 | 168 | 281 | 52 | 33 | 3 | — | 125 | 80 | 134 | 104 | 113 | 124 | 80 | 134 | 104 | 109 |
| Membranous Croup | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 167 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 39 | 65 | 28 | 41 | 32 | 45 | 27 | 22 | 31 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 13 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1,332 | 10 | 354 | 780 | 115 | 63 | 10 | — | 223 | 204 | 353 | 339 | 213 | 220 | 191 | 331 | 316 | 196 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 9 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 22 | — | — | — | 5 | 17 | —. | — | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 47 | — | — | — | 23 | 24 | — | — | 9 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 6 |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 435 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 |
| Polio-myelitis | 5 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 30 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | 4 | 12 | 6 | 3 | — | — | 3 | — |
| Measles | 546 | 56 | 250 | 208 | 19 | 13 | — | — | 125 | 71 | 112 | 157 | 81 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 34 |
| German Measles | 1,262 | 30 | 280 | 781 | 127 | 42 | 2 | — | 206 | 240 | 288 | 424 | 104 | 64 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 39 |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Primary Pneumonia (Acute) | 245 | 5 | 30 | 29 | 20 | 60 | 61 | 40 | 41 | 38 | 49 | 55 | 62 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 25 | 25 |
| Influenzal Pneumonia (Acute) | 211 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 72 | 63 | 29 | 25 | 56 | 32 | 63 | 35 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 15 |
| Dysentery | 5 | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Food Poisoning | 32 | 2 | 2 | — | 6 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — |
Isolation Hospitals, Name and Situation.—Hospitals of the London County Council (one situated in the Stockwcll Sub-District and
Stockwell Ward of the Borough of Lambeth) Number of Diseases that can be concurrently treated—all usual notifiable infectious
diseases and Whooping Cough.