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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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DIPHTHERIA.
| Registration Sub-Districts. | No. of cases Notified. | Cases treated at Home. | Cases removed to Hospital. | No. of Deaths. | Total. | Case Mortality per 100. | Rate of Persons Notified per 1ooo Inhabitants. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Home. | In Hospital. | |||||||
| Waterloo Road | 61 | 15 | 46 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17.0 | 4.3 |
| 1st Waterloo Road | 77 | 4 | 73 | ... | 11 | 11 | 14.8 | 5.6 |
| 2nd Lambeth Church | 86 | 20 | 66 | ... | 6 | 6 | 7.4 | 4.4 |
| 1st Lambeth Church | 92 | 18 | 74 | ... | 17 | 17 | 18.8 | 2.2 |
| 2nd Kennington 1st | 120 | 39 | 81 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 11.1 | 2.2 |
| Kennington 2nd | 163 | 88 | 75 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 11.3 | 3.5 |
| Brixton | 222 | 54 | 168 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 9.3 | 2.5 |
| Norwood | 23 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10.3 | 0.7 |
| District notstated | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... |
| Lambeth | 844 | 246 | 598 | 26 | 77 | 101 | 11.9 | 2.7 |
During 1900, in Lambeth, 6 cases were notified from
Membranous Croup, and 2 deaths were registered, giving a
case mortality of 33.3, as compared with 22 cases notified,
and 6 deaths registered during 1899. Three of the six
Lambeth cases were removed to Hospital.
In London, during 1900, there were registered 1,558
deaths out of a total of 11,998 cases of Diphtheria and
Membranous Croup notified, giving a mortality of 12.9%*
uncorrected).
# In London Statistics, Diphtheria and Membranous Croup are now
grouped together by the Registrar-General.