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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 1937
[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 to hospital | Per cent of cases removed | Infected houses | Annual Average of cases notified 1921-1930 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17.4 |
| Scarlet Fever | 533 | 1.95 | 4 | .750 | 485 | 90.99 | 493 | 1056.5 |
| Diphtheria | 507 | 1.85 | 20 | 3.944 | 505 | 99.60 | 471 | 732.3 |
| Membranous Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.9 |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric | 10 | 0.04 | 1 | 1000 | 9 | 90.00 | 10 | 18.4 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 113 | 0.41 | 3 | 2.65 | 71 | 62.83 | 113 | 123.2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 20 | 0.07 | 5 | 25.00 | 14 | 70.00 | 20 | 28.7 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 50 | 0.18 | — | — | 12 | 24.00 | 49 | 48.8 |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 8 | 0.03 | 5 | 62.50 | 8 | 100.00 | 8 | 6.3 |
| Polio-myelitis | 6 | 0.02 | — | — | 6 | 100.00 | 6 | 5.4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 55 | 0.20 | — | — | 5 | 9.90 | 54 | 56.2 |
| Measles | 283 | 1.03 | 1 | .35 | 86 | 30.38 | 257 | 2532.6 |
| German Measles | 82 | 0.29 | — | — | 15 | 18.29 | 75 | 425.1 |
| Tuberculosis— | ||||||||
| Pulmonary (primary) | 377 | 1.38 | 208 | — | — | — | — | 507.6 |
| Non-pulmonary (primary) | 81 | 0.29 | 31 | — | — | — | — | 104.3 |
| Malaria | 6 | 0.02 | — | — | 6 | 100.00 | 6 | 6.2 |
| Dysentery | 19 | 0.07 | — | — | 9 | 47.36 | 15 | 1.3 |
| Primary Pneumonia (Acute) | 144 | 0.52 | 41 | 28.46 | 71 | 49.30 | 144 | 228.2 |
| Influenral Pneumonia (Acute) | 139 | 0.51 | 14 | 10.07 | 17 | 12.23 | 137 | 123.0 |
| *Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | 11.1 |
| Trench Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2 |
| {Food Poisoning | 15 | 0.05 | — | — | 1 | 6.66 | 15 | — |
* Deaths from Post Encephalitis Lethargica. ‡ Compulsorily notifiable from September, 1932.
N.B.—Of the cases originally notified during 1937, the following were found afterwards not to be suffering from the
diseases notified :—Diphtheria, 68 ; Scarlet Fever, 34 ; Measles, 2 ; German Measles, 1.