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Lambeth 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]

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TABLE II.CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF LAMBETH DURING THE YEAR 1914.

NOTIFIABLE DISEASE.NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED.TOTAL CASES NOTIFIED IN EACH LOCALITY. (e.g.. Parish or Ward) of the District.TOTAL CASES REMOVED TO HOSTITAL.
At all Ages.At Ages—Years.Lamlieth Church.Kennington.Stockwell.Brixton.Norwood.
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 45.45 to 6565 and upwds.
Small-pox--------------
Cholera-----
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)5561314431250334-7992129144112476
Erysipelas2311181617757529464745504363
Scarlet Fever1745104011109146754-3363083215002801649
Typhus Fever-
Enteric Fever4821139212188411741
Relapsing Fever1----1-----1--
Continued Fever1---1-------1
Puerperal Fever232213626621
Plague—-
Pulmonary Tuberculosis112502613625062421121227193233341254
Other Forms of Tuberculosis†273124411148431414449746244
Cerebro-spinal Fever5221—•—-21113
Polio myelitis acuta101621611116
Ophthalmia Neonatorum5757------141116133
Whooping Cough‡138920173743857-137427620223829952

Isolation Hospitals, Name and Situation—-Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board (one situated in the Brixton SubDistrict
and Stockwell Ward of the Borough of Lambeth). Total available beds provided by the Board—-8555. Number of
Diseases that can be concurrently treated—-All notifiable infectious diseases and (partly) Measles and Whooping Cough.
*Excluding all renotifications (247) of pulmonary tuberculosis, and notifications under Form C (447) and Form D (407) of the
1912 Regulations.
†Excluding all renotifications (11) of non-pulmonary tuberculosis, and notifications under Form C (46) and Form D (34) of the
1912 Regulations.
‡Whooping Cough became compulsorily notifiable within the Borough of L.ambeth on January 1st, 1913.