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Lambeth 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Local Government Board.
Table III.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF LAMBETH DURING THE YEAR 1907.
| notifiable disease. | cases notified in whole district. | total cases notified in each new locality. | no. of cases removed to hospital from each new locality. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | Under 1. | At Ages—Years. | Waterloo. | Lambeth Church. | Kennington. | Stock well. | Brixton. | Norwood. | Waterloo. | Lambeth Church. | Kennington. | Stockwell. | Brixton. | Norwood. | |||||
| 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 317 | 10 | 119 | 136 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 32 | 34 | 58 | 62 | 90 | 41 | 30 | 33 | 45 | 62 | 69 | 28 |
| Membranous Croup | 13 | ... | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 4 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... |
| Erysipelas | 231 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 154 | 21 | 2 | 22 | 47 | 42 | 48 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 7 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1481 | 16 | 403 | 870 | 132 | 60 | ... | 138 | 116 | 207 | 436 | 378 | 176 | 135 | 121 | 204 | 435 | 323 | 139 |
| Typhus Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 56 | ... | 2 | 8 | 20 | 26 | ... | 7 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 12 | ... |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | 6 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 22 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 17 | ... | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 3 | ... |
| Totals | 2110 | 36 | 556 | 1084 | 207 | 285 | 22 | 218 | 215 | 337 | 560 | 540 | 270 | 185 | 108 | 274 | 526 | 418 | 175 |
Notes.—(a) The localities adopted for this table are the same as those in Tables ii. and iv.
(b) Patients are removed to the Isolation Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, one of which is
situated in Brixton Registration Sub-district.