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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE G. Shewing the total numbers of cases of infectious diseases notified compulsorily by Medical Practitioners under the Notification Clauses of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and the Orders and Regulations made thereunder, in the Borough of Lambeth, during 1917, together with the total numbers of deaths registered from the same diseases, the case mortality per 100 persons for each disease, the numbers of cases removed to hospital, and the numbers of infected houses.
| Cases notified. | Deaths registered. | Case Mortality per 100. | Cases removed to hospital. | Infected houses. | Per cent. of cases removed. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cholera | _ | — | — | — | — | — |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 340 | 6 | 1.8 | 312 | 304 | 91.8 |
| Diphtheria | 563 | 48 | 8.5 | 493 | 469 | 83.3 |
| Membranous Croup | 7 | — | 0.0 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid or Enteric | 17 | 3 | 17.7 | 14 | 16 | 82.4 |
| Continued and Relapsing Fever | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Erysipelas | 130 | 4 | 3.1 | 21 | 123 | 16.1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 14 | 8 | 57.1 | 13 | 14 | 92.8 |
| *Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| *Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 31 | 16 | 51.6 | 24 | 29 | 77.4 |
| *Poliomyelitis acuta | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | 4 | 9 | 44.4 |
| *Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 67 | — | 0.0 | — | 67 | — |
| *Whooping Cough | 902 | 38 | 40.1 | 45 | 698 | 4.9 |
| *†Measles | 3,224 | 108 | 3.3 | 378 | 2,775 | 11.7 |
| *†German Measles | 1,241 | — | 0.0 | 27 | 1,030 | 2.2 |
| *T uberculosis— Pulmonary (primary) | 1086 | 411 | 37.8 | — | 1,086 | — |
| Non-pulmonary (primary) | 444 | 139 | 31.3 | — | 444 | — |
| *Chickenpox | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 8,078 | 784 | 9.7 | 1,338 | 7,074 | 16.6 |
*Plague was made compulsorily notifiable on September 19th, 1900, Cerebro-Spinal Fever on March, 12th 1907, Poliomyelitis
acutaon September 1st, 1911, Ophthalmia Neonatorum on March 13th, 1911, and Tuberculosis (all forms) on Februrary 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), and 1915 (March 17th to June 30th), the numbers of cases
notified being respectively, 1,560, 40, 556, 238, and 473. Whooping Cough was compulsorily notifiable from January 1st, 1913
to December 31st, 1917, the numbers of cases notified being as follows:—1913, 1,428:; 1914, 1,389; 1915, 1,607; 1916, 1,576;
and 1917, 902. Measles and German Measles became compulsorily notifiable on January 1st, 1916,
† Including 50 Military Measles and 50 Military German Measles cases. 106 Measles cases were notified by parents (or
relatives), in addition to the above.
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