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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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| Registration Sub.Districts. | Total No. of Cases Notified. | Cases treated at Home. | Cases removed to Hospital. | No. of Deaths. | Case Mortality per 100. | Rate of Persons Notified per 1000 Inhabitants, | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Home. | In Hospital. | Total. | ||||||
| Waterloo Rd. 1st | 29 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6.9 | 2.3 |
| Waterloo Rd. 2nd | 31 | 5 | 26 | — | 4 | 12.9 | ||
| Lambeth Ch. 1st | 63 | 20 | 43 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 17.5 | 3.4 |
| Lambeth Ch. 2nd | 75 | 7 | 68 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 16.0 | 1.9 |
| Kenning ton 1st | 55 | 7 | 48 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 73 | 1.0 |
| Kenning ton 2nd | 60 | 13 | 47 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10.0 | 1.3 |
| Brixton | 92 | 25 | 67 | — | 5 | 5 | 5.4 | 1.01 |
| Norwood | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 50.0 | 0.2 |
| Borough of Lambeth 415 | 82 | 333 | 11 | 38 | 49 | 11 8 | 1.3 | |
Rate of persons notified per 1000 inhabitants—2.3 Inner Districts, and
0.9 Outer Districts.
"Carrier" Cases of Diphtheria.
The Educational Department of the London County Council
have decided that when Diphtheria is about, and children have
been kept from school on account of attacks of Diphtheria or
sore throat, such children shall not be allowed to return to
school without a medical certificate, based on bacteriological
examination, to the effect that they are free from infection. This
decision will cause much extra work in connection with the
bacteriological examinations of the throats and noses of all
Diphtheria " contacts " or " suspects." Such work is, however,
necessary when it is remembered that Diphtheria is easily spread
during an outbreak by persons who carry in their noses or
throats the Diphtheria germs, but who are, apparently, in good
health. This infectivity of " carrier " cases is one of the most
troublesome things to deal with—more especially in children,
who are always more or less susceptible when aggregated
together in schools. It is clear that it is uusafe to re.admit