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Lambeth 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Table Distribution of Cases Notified During the Year 1937.
| 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 | 65 and upwards | Lambeth North | Princes | Lambeth Central | Lambeth South | Lambeth North | Princes | Lambeth Central | Lambeth South | |||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | |||||||||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 507 | 8 | 25 | 43 | 46 | 37 | 206 | 70 | 30 | 31 | 7 | 4 | — | 77 | 48 | 229 | 153 | 77 | 48 | 228 | 152 |
| Membranous Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Erysipelas | 113 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 48 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 49 | 45 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 25 |
| Scarlet Fever | 533 | 5 | 25 | 38 | 49 | 37 | 221 | 66 | 25 | 53 | 9 | 5 | — | 76 | 37 | 203 | 217 | 74 | 37 | 193 | 181 |
| Typhus Fever | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 6 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 5 | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 13 | — | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 37 | 9 | 1 | — | 8 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 377 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 153 | 64 | 88 | 14 | 38 | 33 | 142 | 164 | — | — | — | — |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 81 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 30 | 40 | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 8 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 6 | 1 |
| Polio-myelitis | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 55 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 5 | 27 | 8 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 |
| Measles | 283 | 28 | 19 | 31 | 56 | 49 | 79 | 7 | 6 | 7 | — | 1 | — | 41 | 15 | 157 | 70 | 14 | 7 | 45 | 20 |
| German Measles | 82 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 15 | 6 | 29 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Malaria | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Primary Pneumonia (Acute) | 144 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 31 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 79 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 31 | 23 |
| Influenzal ,,, (Acute) | 139 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 12 | 41 | 23 | 27 | 14 | 49 | 49 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Dysentery | 19 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | 13 | 1 | — | 3 | 5 |
| Food Poisoning | 15 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | — | — | 1 | |
Isolation Hospitals, Name and Situation.—Hospitals of the London County Council (one situated in the Lambeth
Central Sub-District and Stockwell Ward of the Borough of Lambeth). Number of Diseases that can be concurrently
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