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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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Sub-dividing the total tuberculosis (all forms) deaths during 1913 amongst the different Registration Sub-Districts it is found thata the number of deaths vary as follow:-
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Deaths from | Total Deaths. Tuberculosis (all forms). | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phthisis. | Tabes. Mes. and Tub. Men. | Other forms Tuberculosis. | ||
| Lambeth Church | 91 | 19 | 11 | 121 |
| Kennington | 68 | 14 | 15 | 97 |
| Stock well | 74 | 10 | 11 | 95 |
| Brixton | 84 | 12 | 12 | 108 |
| Norwood | 48 | 5 | 6 | 59 |
| No Address | 5 | - | - | 5 |
| Borough of Lambeth | 370 | 6o | 55 | 485 |
1,484 samples of sputum were examined at the Council's
Bacteriological Laboratory during 1913, and of these, 614
(i.e., 41.4 per cent.) showed the presence of the tubercle
bacillus.
The distribution of tuberculosis, as a disease, can be
gauged from the official notifications that have been
received, viz.: under (a) the voluntary Lambeth Notification
(Consumption) Scheme, 1902,* which came into force on
June 1st, 1902, (b) the compulsory I'oor Law, Hospitals and
Private Pulmonary Tuberculosis Schemes, known as the following
Regulations, viz.: the Public Health (Tuberculosis)
1908, the Public Health (Tuberculosis in Hospitals) 1911,
and the Public Health (Tuberculosis), 1911, and (c) the new
Regulations dealing with all forms of Tuberculosis, and
*No notifications were received during 1913 under the Lambeth
Notification (Consumption) Scheme 1902.