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Lambeth 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| Ward | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Acute Poliomyelitis Paralytic | Acute Poliomyel itis Non Paralytic | Measles | Diphtheria | Dysentery. | Meningococcal Infection | Pneumonia | Acute Encephalitis (Infective) | Typhoid Fever | Erysipelas | Food Poisoning | Puerperal Pyrexia | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Scabies | Malaria | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsh | 14 | - | 1 | 1 | 70 | 1 | 9 | - | 9 | - | - | - | 5 | 34 | 1 | - | 1 | 146 |
| Bishop' s, | 25 | 4 | - | - | 46 | - | 5 | 1 | 5 | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | 93 |
| Princes | 12 | 9 | - | - | 57 | - | 7 | - | 4 | - | - | 2 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1 | - | 113 |
| Oval | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | 4 | - | 17 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 38 |
| Springfield | 6 | 31 | - | - | 23 | - | 20 | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 92 |
| Lansdowne | 13 | 11 | - | - | 26 | - | 24 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 18 | - | - | - | 100 |
| Minet | 2 | - | - | - | 28 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 43 |
| Angell | 9 | 4 | - | - | 46 | - | 1 | - | 6 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 6 | - | 75 |
| Vassall | 5 | 7 | 1 | - | 29 | - | 8 | - | 14 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 5 | - | 73 |
| Grove | 4 | 4 | - | - | 18 | - | 3 | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 38 |
| Stockwell | 6 | 5 | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 6 | - | 35 |
| Landor | 4 | 8 | 2 | - | 22 | - | 8 | - | 23 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 71 |
| Ferndale | 2 | 4 | - | - | 27 | - | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 43 |
| Town Hall | 11 | 2 | - | - | 29 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | 2 | - | 53 |
| Heme Hill | 5 | 7 | - | - | 39 | - | 1 | - | 13 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 73 |
| Effra | 12 | 3 | - | - | 8 | - | 5 | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 35 |
| Tulse Hill | 5 | 3 | - | - | 16 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 28 |
| Thurlow Park | 1 | 7 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 16 |
| Romany | 4 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 10 |
| Leigham | 7 | 2 | - | - | 11 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 26 |
| Knight's Hill | 3 | 13 | - | - | 81 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 107 | |
| TOTALS | 153 | 132 | 5 | 1 | 600 | 1 | 128 | 1 | 114 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 52 > | 70 | 7 | 129 | 1 | 1308 |
32
NUMBER OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE (NOTIFIED)IN EACH WARD OF THE BOROUGH
Totals
146
93
113
38
92
100
43
75
73
38
35
71
43
53
73
35
28
16
10
26
107
1308
Mai aria
1
-
*
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
Scabi es
-
1
1
1
-
-
-
6
5
-
6
1
2
2
1
-
-
1
1
-
-
29
Ophthalmia
Neonatorum
1
-
2
-
"
-
1
-
1
-
-
1
-
-
1
-
-
-
'
-
-
7
Puerperal
Pyrexia
34
-
13
-
-
18
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
1
1
-
~
-
-
70
Pood
Poisoning
5
5
6
2
7
4
4
2
3
-
1
2
2
5
2
1
-
-
*
-
521
Erysipel as
-
1
2
-
1
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
1
-
1
-
-
-
11
Typhoid
Fever
-
-
-
-
"
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
*
-
-
1
Acute
Encephal itis
(Infective)
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
Pneumonia
9
5
4
5
4
3
1
6
14
9
3
23
1
3
13
4
2
1
1
3
-
114
Meningococcal
Infection
-
1
-
-
*
-
-
-
-
-
"
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
Dysentery
9
5
7
17
20
24
3
1
8
3
-
8
4
1
1
5
1
-
-
1
10
128
Diphtheria
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
Measl es
70
46
57
4
23
26
28
46
29
18
14
22
27
29
39
8
16
5
1
11
81
600
Acute
Poliomyelitis
Non Paralytic
1
-
-
-
*
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Acute
Poliomyelitis
Paralytic
1
1
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
Whooping
Cough
-
4
9
5
31
11
4
7
4
5
8
4
2
7
3
3
7
3
2
13
132.
Scarl et
Fever
14
25
12
3
6
13
2
9
5
4
6
4
2
11
5
12
5
1
4
7
3
153
Ward
Marsh
Bishop's
Princes
Oval
Springfield
Lansdowne
Minet
Angel 1
Vassall
Grove
Stockwell
Landor
Ferndal e
Town Hall
Heme Hill
Eff ra
Tulse Hill
Thurlow Park
Romany
Leigh am
Knight's Hill
Totals