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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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The age and sex incidence and mortality from Diphtheria cases notified in the Borough of Lambeth during 1907 are as follow:—
| Ages. | No. of Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Death Hate per 100. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | ||
| Under 1 year | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 30.0 |
| 1 to 5 | 54 | 65 | 119 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 26.9 |
| 5 to 10 | 45 | 65 | 110 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8.2 |
| 10 to 20 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4.7 |
| 20 to 40 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 1 | — | 1 | 3.3 |
| 40 to 60 | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | o.o |
| 60 and over | 1 | - | 1 | — | — | — | o.o |
| Total | 138 | 179 | 317 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 14.8 |
The distribution of the disease in the different New Registration
Sub.Districts of the Borough of Lambeth, together with the
numbers of deaths amongst both hospital., and home., treated
patients, etc., during 1907, are as follows :—