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Lambeth 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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The Health Department has also heard of, and dealt with,
Chicken-pox, 679; Measles, 1085; Cancer, 71; other diseases
tuberculosis (1571 pulmonary and 456 non-pulmonary), notified
with during 1913.
Plague was made compulsorily notifiable on September 19th,
12th, 1907; Poliomyelitis acuta on September 1st, 1911;
on January 1st. 1913.
N.B.—In addition to the above, Chicken-pox was compulsorily
(Jan. 1st to 6th), 1904 (April 8th to Nov. 8th), and 1911 (March
tively 1560, 40, 556 and 238.
TABLE J.
TABLE J.
Shewing the number of Certificates for the compulsorily Notifiable Zymotic Diseases under the notification clauses of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, received in the Borough of Lambeth during 1913, and during the decennium 1901-1910, together with the averages of the two decennia 1891—1900 (Parish) and 1901-1910(Borough)
| Disease | Borough of Lambeth. | Annual Average, 1901-1910. (Borough.) | Annual Average 1891-1900 (Parish). | Total, 1913. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | ||||
| Cholera | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 11.5 | — |
| Smallpox | 54 | 350 | 72 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 49.9 | 22.0 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 1041 | 1330 | 744 | 660 | 1025 | 1268 | 1481 | 1428 | 1164 | 910 | 11051 | 1331.3 | 1370 |
| Diphtheria | 511 | 459 | 329 | 317 | 439 | 415 | 317 | 320 | 373 | 318 | 379.8 | 715.1 | 385 |
| Membranous Croup | 13 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 10.4 | 26.2 | 7 |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | - | — | 1 | - | - | — | 0.1 | 1.1 | - |
| Typhoid or Enteric | 147 | 213 | 133 | 101 | 77 | 89 | 56 | 63 | 49 | 77 | 100.5 | 189.6 | 38 |
| Continued or Relapsing | 6 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4.1 | 25.7 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 236 | 317 | 236 | 257 | 287 | 263 | 231 | 206 | 189 | 192 | 241.4 | 347.0 | 206 |
| Puerperal | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 17.0 | 18.9 | 25 |
| *Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| *Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | — | — | — | — | - | - | 13 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 11.5 | - | 7 |
| *Poliomyelitis acuta | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| *Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 57 |
| *Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1428 |
| Totals | 2025 | 2712 | 1547 | 1382 | 1853 | 2074 | 2140 | 2056 | 1809 | 1527 | 19125 | 2658.4 | 3531 |
| Average per 1000 of population | 6.7 | 8.9 | 5.03 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 6.1 | 9.04 | 9.7 |
the following non-notifiable infectious diseases during 1913:—
(e.g., Mumps, Influenza, Scabies,etc. 76, 2027 primary notifications of
under the Tuberculosis Regulations, live also been received and dealt
1900; Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis (“Spotted Fever”) on March
Ophthalmia Neonatorum on March 13th, 1911 and Whooping Cough
notifiable as follows:—1902 (Feb. 7th to Dec. 31st), 1903
.22nd to June 22nd), the numbers of cases notified being respec-