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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE J. Statistics of Notifiable Diseases.
| Cases notified | Attack-rate per 1,000 | Deaths registered | Case mortality per 100 | Cases removed tohospital | Per cent. of cases removed | Infected houses | Annual Average of cases notified 1921-1930 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17.4 |
| Scarlet Fever | 693 | 2.497 | 1 | 0.144 | 648 | 93.50 | 629 | 1056.5 |
| Diphtheria | 413 | 1.488 | 15 | 3.631 | 412 | 99.75 | 389 | 732.3 |
| Membranous Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.9 |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric | 14 | 0.050 | 1 | 7.142 | 13 | 92.85 | 14 | 18.4 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 109 | 0.392 | 4 | 3.669 | 55 | 50.45 | 109 | 123.2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | 0.025 | 1 | 14.285 | 4 | 57.14 | 7 | 28.7 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 45 | 0.162 | 2 | 4.444 | 10 | 22.22 | 45 | 48.8 |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 7 | 0.025 | 4 | 57.152 | 5 | 71.42 | 7 | 6.3 |
| Polio-myelitis | 1 | 0.0003 | — | — | 1 | 100.00 | 1 | 5.4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 54 | 0.194 | 1 | 1.851 | 3 | 5.55 | 54 | 56.2 |
| Measles | 3,602 | 12.980 | 26 | 0.721 | 833 | 23.12 | 3.094 | 2532.6 |
| German Measles | 188 | 0.677 | — | — | 22 | 11.70 | 178 | 425.1 |
| Tuberculosis— | ||||||||
| Pulmonary (primary) | 347 | 1.250 | 194 | — | — | — | — | 507.6 |
| Non-pulmonary (primary) | 58 | 0.020 | 17 | — | — | — | — | 104.3 |
| Malaria | 3 | 0.010 | — | — | 1 | 33.33 | 3 | 6.2 |
| Dysentery | 14 | 0.050 | — | — | 14 | 100.00 | 10 | 1.3 |
| Primary Pneumonia (Acute) | 151 | 0.544 | 65 | 43.046 | 66 | 43.70 | 149 | 228.2 |
| Influenzal Pneumonia (Acute) | 75 | 0.270 | 1 | 1.333 | 5 | 6.66 | 75 | 123.0 |
| *Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 11.1 |
| Trench Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2 |
| ‡Food Poisoning | 13 | 0.046 | — | — | 1 | 7.69 | 12 | — |
* Deaths from Post Encephalitis Lethargica. ‡ Compulsorily notifiable from September, 1932.
N.B.—Of the cases originally notified during 1936, the following were found afterwards not to be suffering from the
diseases notified Diphtheria, 52; Scarlet Fever, 13; Cerebro Spinal Meningitis, 1; Measles, 16; Dysentery, 1;
German Measles. 2; Enteric. 1.