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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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DISTRIBUTION OF CASES NOTIFIED DURINGTHE YEAR 1938
| 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 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20 35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 and upwards | ||||||||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 610 | 9 | 21 | 47 | 39 | 59 | 279 | 70 | 26 | 47 | 9 | 4 | - | 77 | 46 | 207 | 280 | 75 | 46 | 207 | 280 |
| Membranous Croup | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 109 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 4 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 39 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 41 | 43 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 22 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 463 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 50 | 39 | 182 | 67 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 1 | _ | 38 | 10 | 191 | 224 | 31 | 9 | 163 | 167 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Enteric Fever | 8 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 13 | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 14 | 1 | — | 3 | 11 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 35 | 6 | — | — | 9 | — | 15 | 1 | — | 5 | 4 | |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 398 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 11 | 8 | 36 | 149 | 73 | 101 | 17 | 42 | 48 | 167 | 141 | — | — | — | — |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 75 | — | — | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 32 | — | — | — | — | |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 18 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | d | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| Polio-myelitis | 3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | —- | — | 2 | 2 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 50 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —- | 11 | 6 | 13 | 20 | — | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Measles | 4025 | 156 | 431 | 449 | 547 | 633 | 1599 | 127 | 37 | 42 | 3 | 1 | — | 456 | 319 | 1437 | 1813 | 137 | 75 | 316 | 266 |
| German Measles | 236 | 17 | 25 | 28 | 21 | 15 | 70 | 20 | 21 | 19 | — | — | — | 19 | 18 | 56 | 143 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 49 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Primarv Pneumonia (Acute) | 166 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 35 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 69 | 65 | 13 | 6 | 24 | 39 |
| Influenzal ,,, (Acute) | 56 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 4 | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | — | S | 2 | —. | 8 | 6 | ||
| Food Poisoning | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 5 | — | — | 1 | |
| Whooping Cough | 104 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 26 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 25 | 12 | 22 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
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
treated all usual notifiable infections deseases and whooping Cough.