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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE J.
Statistics of Notifiable Diseases.
| Cases notified | Attackrate 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 | 463 | 1.70 | 1 | 22 | 370 | 79.91 | 423 | 1056.5 |
| Diphtheria | 610 | 2.24 | 12 | 1.97 | 608 | 99.67 | 533 | 732.3 |
| Membranous Croup | 1 | .003 | — | — | 1 | 100.00 | 1 | 2.9 |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric | 8 | .03 | — | — | 8 | 100.00 | 8 | 18.4 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| Erysipelas | 109 | .40 | 1 | .92 | 65 | 59.63 | 108 | 123.2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 19 | .07 | 2 | 10.53 | 15 | 78.94 | 19 | 28.7 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 46 | .17 | 5 | 10.87 | 7 | 15.21 | 46 | 48.8 |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 18 | .06 | 5 | 27.78 | 18 | 100.00 | 18 | 6.3 |
| Polio-myelitis | 5 | .02 | — | — | 4 | 80.00 | 5 | 5.4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 50 | .18 | 1 | 2.00 | 13 | 26.00 | 50 | 56.2 |
| Measles | 4,025 | 14.75 | 19 | .47 | 784 | 19.47 | 3,483 | 2532.6 |
| *German Measles | 236 | .86 | — | _ | 58 | 24.57 | 183 | 425.1 |
| Tuberculosis— | ||||||||
| Pulmonary (primary) | 399 | 1.46 | 185 | — | — | — | — | 507.6 |
| Non-pulmonary (primary) | 75 | .27 | 24 | — | — | — | — | 104.3 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | 6.2 |
| Dysentery | 18 | .07 | — | — | 17 | 94.44 | 18 | 1.3 |
| Primary Pneumonia (Acute) | 166 | .61 | 69 | 41.57 | 82 | 49.39 | 164 | 228.2 |
| Influenzal Pneumonia (Acute) | 56 | .21 | 1 | 1.29 | 6 | 10.71 | 56 | 123.0 |
| †Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | —. | — | 11.1 |
| Trench Fever | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | _ | — |
| Anthrax | — | _ | _ | — | — | _ | _ | 0.2 |
| ‡Food Poisoning | 25 | .001 | — | — | 1 | 4.00 | 23 | — |
| § Whooping Cough | 104 | .381 | 3 | 2.88 | 23 | 22.11 | 87 | — |
* Notification discontinued from the 30th September, 1938. † Deaths from Post Encephalitis Lethargica.
‡ Compulsorily notifiable from September, 1932. § Compulsorily notifiable from 1st October, 1938.
N.B.—Of the cases originally notified during 1938, the following were found afterwards not to be suffering from the
diseases notified:—Diphtheria, 64; Scarlet Fever, 11; Measles, 3; Whooping Cough, 1; Typhoid Fever, 2.