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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 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, The Vestry of the Parish of]

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Table: The age and sex incidence and mortality from Diphtheria cases notified in Lambeth during 1900, are as follow:—

The age and sex incidence and mortality from Diphtheria cases notified in Lambeth during 1900, are as follow:—

Ages.Number of cases Notified.Deaths.Death -Rate per 100.
M.F.Total.M.F.Total
Under 1 year10919...3315.8
1 to 514513528029346322.5
5 to 101341452791016269.3
10 to 2064911552463.9
20 to 402969981233.1
40 to 604610............
60 and over123............
Total387457844425910112.2

Table: The Diphtheria statistics for Lambeth are as follow:—

The Diphtheria statistics for Lambeth are as follow:—

Quinquennial Period.Population.Number of Deaths.Death-Rate per million living.
1863—1867902119148164
1868—187210211659694
1873—18771132106184163
1878—18821245913255205
1883—18871313211365278
1888—18921367734537393
1893—18971443857683483
1898304073108355
1899308108153496
1900312152101323

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The increase in London, generally, has also been
marked during the same quinquennia, but a satisfactory
and complete explanation for the increase remains yet to
be given. The large numbers of cases to be isolated, in
London, have at times baffled the officials of the Asylums
Board Hospitals, and rendered it necessary to refuse
removal except in the very worst and most urgent cases,
with the result that many cases have had to be treated at
home.