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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE L (1). Shewing the total cases notified compulsorily under the Compulsory Notification Clauses of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, in the Borough of Lambeth, during 1914 (arranged Quarterly).
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total for 1914. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cholera | _ | _ | - | - | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 416 | 391 | 437 | 501 | 1745 |
| Diphtheria | 143 | 104 | 133 | 170 | 550 |
| Membranous Croup | — | 3 | — | 3 | 6 |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid or Enteric | 17 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 48 |
| Continued and Relapsing Fever | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 51 | 44 | 49 | 87 | 231 |
| Puerperal | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| *Plague | — | — | — | — | — |
| *Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| *Poliomyelitis acuta | — | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| *Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 57 |
| *Whooping Cough | 320 | 522 | 325 | 222 | 1389 |
| Totals | 971 | 1101 | 981 | 1013 | 4066 |
* Plague was made compulsorily notifiable on September 19th, 1900, Cerebro.Spinal Fever on March 12th, 1907, Poliomyelitis
acuta on September 1st, 1911, Ophthalmia Neonatorum on March 13th, 1911, and Whooping Cough on January 1st, 1913.
Chicken.pox was compulsorily notifiable as follows: 1902 (February 7th to December 31st), 1903 (January 1st to 6th), 1904 (April
8th to November 8th), and 1911 (March 22nd to June 22nd), the numbers of cases notified being respectively 1,560, 40, 556 and
238.