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Lambeth 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE II.
| notifiable disease. | number of cases notified. | total cases notified in each locality. (e.g., Parish or Ward) of the District. | total cases removed to hospital. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Lambeth Church. | Kennington. | Stockwell. | Brixton. | Norwood. | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to,5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65 | 65 and u pwds. | ||||||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —- | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 570 | 13 | 178 | 253 | 64 | 57 | 5 | — | 170 | 90 | 98 | 107 | 105 | 493 |
| Erysipelas | 130 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 22 | 30 | 21 | 21 | 41 | 17 | 21 |
| Scarlet Fever | 340 | 2 | 82 | 193 | 38 | 24 | 1 | — | 74 | 36 | 79 | 103 | 48 | 312 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 17 | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 14 | — | — | — | 3 | 11 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis* | 1076 | 2 | 19 | 105 | 227 | 511 | 185 | 27 | 225 | 140 | 189 | 309 | 213 | — |
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis† | 417 | 4 | 51 | 216 | 68 | 54 | 15 | 9 | 70 | 49 | 77 | 105 | 116 | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 31 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 15 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 24 |
| Polio myelitis acuta | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 67 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 4 | — |
| Whooping Cough‡ | 902 | 96 | 476 | 319 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | 155 | 167 | 206 | 168 | 206 | 45 |
| Measles§ | 3224 | 99 | 1211 | 1742 | 95 | 72 | 5 | — | 707 | 584 | 599 | 618 | 716 | 378 |
| German Measles § | 1241 | 22 | 205 | 518 | 266 | 217 | 12 | 1 | 326 | 219 | 199 | 202 | 305 | 27 |
Islation Hospitals, Name and Situation—Hospitals ot the Metropolitan Asylums Board (one situated in the Brixton Sub-District and Stockwell Ward
of the Borough of Lambeth). Total available beds provided by the Board—8555. Number of Diseases that can he concurrently treated- All usual notifiable
infectious diseases and (partly) Measles and \N hooping Cough.
* Excluding all renotifications (169) of pulmonary tuberculosis, and notifications under Form C (235) and under Form D (210) of the 1912 Regulations,
† Excluding all renotifications (33) of non-pulmonary tuberculosis, and notificati< ns under Form'C (63) and under Form D (49) ot the 1912 Regulations,
‡ §Whooping Cough became compulsorily notifiable within the Borough of Lambeth on January 1st, 1913, for a period of 5 years.
§ Measles and German Measles became compulsorily notifiable within the Borough of Lambeth on January 1st, 1916.