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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 K. Distribution of Cases Notified During the Year 1936.
| 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 North | Princes | Lambeth Central | Lambeth South | Lambeth North | Princes | Lambeth Central | Lambeth South | |||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | ||||||||||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 413 | 8 | 122 | 205 | 42 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 64 | 23 | 185 | 141 | 64 | 23 | 185 | 140 |
| Membranous Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 109 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 48 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 41 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 20 |
| Scarlet Fever | 693 | 8 | 185 | 367 | 82 | 47 | 4 | — | 88 | 39 | 241 | 325 | 85 | 38 | 225 | 300 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 14 | — | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 8 | 5 | 1 | — | 8 | 4 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 45 | — | — | 1 | 19 | 25 | — | — | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Plague | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 347 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 86 | 14 | 91 | 7 | 48 | 47 | 128 | 124 | — | — | — | — |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 58 | — | 7 | 22 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 28 | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Polio-myelitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 54 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 5 | 22 | 10 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Measles | 3,602 | 163 | 1,777 | 1,581 | 60 | 19 | 2 | — | 441 | 287 | 1,225 | 1,649 | 158 | 92 | 273 | 310 |
| German Measles | 188 | 8 | 56 | 101 | 11 | 12 | — | — | 14 | 16 | 80 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 |
| Malaria | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Primary Pneumonia (Acute) | 151 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 16 | 52 | 40 | 11 | 22 | 9 | 47 | 73 | 18 | 2 | 15 | 31 |
| Influenzal „ (Acute) | 75 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 26 | 9 | 21 | 19 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Dysentery | 14 | — | 9 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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