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Lambeth 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE G (1).
Shewing the number of medical Certificates for the compulsorily Notifiable Infectious Diseases under the notification clauses of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, or the Orders and Regulations made thereunder, received in the Borough of Lambeth during 1917 and during the five years 1912-1916, together with the averages for the two decennia 1891-1900 (Parish) and 1901-1910 (Borough).
| Disease. | Borough of Lambeth. | Annual Average, 1901 10 (Borough) 10 years. | Annual Average, 1891-1900 (Parish) 10 years. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | 1915. | 1916. | 1917. | |||
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2 | 11.5 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49.9 | 22.0 |
| Scarlet Fever | 604 | 1,370 | 1,745 | 900 | 501 | 3.10 | 1105.1 | 1331.3 |
| Diphtheria | 328 | 385 | 550 | 434 | 432 | 563 | 379.8 | 715.1 |
| Membranous Croup | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10.4 | 26.2 |
| Tvphus | — | — | —- | — | — | — | 0.1 | 1.1 |
| Typhoid or Enteric | 61 | 38 | 48 | 32 | 19 | 17 | 100.5 | 189.6 |
| Continued and Relapsing | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 4.1 | 25.7 |
| Erysipelas | 216 | 206 | 231 | 177 | 122 | 130 | 241.4 | 347.0 |
| Puerperal | 24 | 25 | 23 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 17.0 | 18.9 |
| *Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| *Cerebro-spinal Fever | 7 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 38 | 31 | 11.5 | — |
| *Poliomyelitis acuta | 10 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 9 | — | — |
| *Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 76 | 57 | 57 | 73 | 83 | 67 | — | _ |
| *Whooping Cough | — | 1,428 | 1,389 | 1,607 | 1,576 | 902 | — | — |
| *Measles | _ | — | _ | _ | 2,548 | 3224 | — | — |
| *German Measles | — | — | — | — | 1 212 | 1241 | — | |
| *Tuberculosis— Pulmonary (primary) | 1,822 | 1,571 | 1,250 | 1,020 | 904 | 1,086 | — | — |
| Non-pulmonary (primary) | — | 456 | 273 | 298 | 362 | 444 | — | — |
| *Chickenpox | — | — | — | 473 | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 3,154 | 5,558 | 5,589 | 5,092 | 7,833 | 8,078 | 1912.5 | 2658.4 |
*Plague was made compulsorily notifiable on September 19th, 1900, Cerebro Spinal Fever ("Spotted Fever") on March 12th,
1907, Poliomyelitis acuta on September 1st, 1911; Ophthalmia Neonatorum on March 13th. 1911, Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Poor
Law cases) on Jan. 1st, 1909, Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Hospital cases) on May 1st. 1911, Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Private cases)
on Jan. 1st, 1912, and Tuberculosis (Pulmonary and Non-pulmonary) on February 1st, 1913, Whooping Cough on January 1st, 1913.
and Measles and German Measles on January 1st, 1916, whilst Chicken-pox was compulsorily notifiable as follows:—1902
(February 7th to December 31st), 1903 (January 1st to 6th), 1904 (April 8th to November 8th), 1911 (March 22nd to June 22nd)
and 1915 (March 17th to June 30th). '
N.B. Of the patients removed to Hospital, the following were reported not to be suffering from the diseases notified:—
Scarlet fever 9; diphtheria 9; typhoid or enteric 4; cerebro-spinal fever 4 and Measles .
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