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Lambeth 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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DISINFECTION STATISTICS.
For eight years prior, end twenty-two years subsequent, to the passing of the Notification of Infectious Diseases Act; and for the year 1914.
| Yearly average for 8 years preceding the Notification Act, 1882-1889 (Parish). | Yearly average for 11 years succeeding the Notification Act, 1890-1900 (Parish). | Yearly average for 13 years succeeding the Notification Act, 1901-5 & 1906-13 (Borough) | 1914. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901-5. | 1906-13. | |||||
| No. of Cases in which Bedding, etc., has been disinfected | At Home | 142.8 | 240.8 | 16.6 | 1530.4* | 2661* |
| At Chamber | 452.8 | 2333.3 | 2337.0 | 2960.1 | 3324 | |
| No. of Cases in which Bedding, etc., has been destroyed | 45.7 | 121.6 | 74.2 | 103.6 | 60 | |
| No. of Articles of Bedding, etc., disinfected | 2253.2 | 15600.4 | 34632.4 | 23457.8 | 30121 | |
| No. of Articles of Bedding, etc., destroyed | 113.0 | 489.4 | 710.0 | 357.4 | 293 | |
| Premises disinfected and disinfectants supplied | 916.8 | 6191.7 | 11738.4 | 14203.9 | 21647 | |
| Infectious diseases dealt with | Notifiable Non-notifiable | 2408.5 | 2335.2 | 2034.9 | 4066† | |
| 299.3 | 2260.8 | 4159.5 | 5277 | |||
*This number is increased for 1906 onwards, on account of bedding no longer being removed to the Disinfecting
Station as a routine in connection with Measles, Whooping Cough and Chicken-pox.
†Whooping Cough became compulsorily notifiable on January 1st, 1913, so that the figures for notifiable infectious
diseases for 1913 and 1914 are increased.
N.B.—The Statistics for 1901-1914 refer to the present Borough ; those for all previous years to the late Parish.