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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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The quarterly seasonal mortahty (corrected) from the whole of the different important zymotic diseases (i.e., principal and others) during 1914 is as follows:—
| 1914. | Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | FEVER. | Diarrhœa. | Cholera. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Influenza. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typhus. | Typhoid or Enteric. | Continued or Relapsing. | |||||||||||||
| 1st Qr. | — | 5 | 7 | — | — | 4 | — | 17 | — | 4 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 73 |
| 2ndQr. | — | 3 | 8 | — | — | 5 | — | 10 | — | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 61 |
| 3rd Qr. | — | 4 | 19 | — | — | 3 | — | 135 | — | 4 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 183 |
| 4th Qr. | — | 4 | 16 | — | — | 3 | — | 34 | — | 41 | 8 | 8 | — | 6 | 120 |
| Totals. | — | 16 | 50 | — | — | 15 | — | 196 | — | 58 | 40 | 19 | 10 | 33 | 437 |
Taking the zymotic diseases collectively, it is noticed that the
3rd quarter showed the highest mortality, and the 2nd the lowest.
Scarlet fever, puerperal fever and influenza reached their maxima in
the 1st quarter; typhoid (or enteric) in the 2nd; diarrhoea and
diphtheria in the 3rd; and erysipelas and measles in the 4th.
Whooping cough showed the highest mortality in the 1st and 3rd
quarters.
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 1914, and for the
two decennia 1891-1900 (Parish) and 1901-1910 (Borough).
SMALLPOX.
During 1914 no single case of genuine smallpox was notified,
nor was a single death from smallpox registered within the Borough.