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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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The quarterly seasonal mortality (corrected) from the whole of the different important zymotic diseases (i.e., principal and others) during 1913 is as follows:—
| 1913. | Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | FEVER. | Diarrhoea. | Cholera. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Influenza. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typhus. | Typhoid or Enteric. | Continued or Relapsing. | |||||||||||||
| 1stQr. | - | 5 | 8 | — | — | 2 | — | 13 | — | 45 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 123 |
| 2nd Qr. | — | 3 | 13 | — | — | 2 | — | 15 | — | 39 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 112 |
| 3rd Qr. | — | 3 | 4 | - | — | 3 | — | 81 | — | 12 | 12 | — | 2 | 4 | 121 |
| 4th Qr. | - | 3 | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | 57 | — | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 98 |
| Totals | - | 14 | 36 | 1 | — | 7 | — | 166 | — | 98 | 47 | 8 | 10 | 67 | 454 |
Taking the zymotic diseases collectively, it is noticed
that the 1st quarter showed the highest mortality, and the
4th the lowest. Scarlet fever, measles, puerperal fever and
influenza, reached their maxima in the 1st quarter; diphtheria
and whooping cough in the 2nd; diarrhoea and typhoid (or
enteric) in the 3rd; and erysipelas and membranous croup in
the 4th.
Table K shews the zymotic seasonal variations in the
different Registration Sub-Districts, while Table M
gives the monthly mortalities from the zymotic diseases.
Table N gives the deaths registered in the Borough of
Lambeth from the seven principal zymotic diseases during
1911, and for the two decennia 1891-1900 (Parish) and 19011910
(Borough).