Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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TABLE V.
Shows the Number of Cases of Illness arising from Epidemic ' Diseases attended by the Poor Law Medical
Officers, during each Quarter of the Year, 1870.
Small Pox
Measles.
Scarlet
Fever.
Whooping
Cough.
Fever.
Diarrhoea.
Total
Epidemic
Diseases.
First Quarter
14
26
45
17
16
25
143
Second Quarter
1
19
79
13
9
74
195
Third Quarter
7
28
165
4
13
253
470
Fourth Quarter
78
81
135
1
29
41
'365
Total (The Year)
100
154
424
35
67
393
1173
TABLE II.
Showing the number of Births and Deaths regitered in inch District of Lambeth each quarter of the year 1870.
DISTRICTS. | First Quarter | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter | The Year. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Births. | DEATHS. | Births | DEATHS. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | BIRTH | DEATHS. | Births. | DEATHS. | Deaths in Workhouse. | |
Waterloo Road — 1st Part | 160 | 81 | 156 | 68 | 138 | 89 | 144 | 96 | 598 | 334 | |
Waterfloo Road—2nd part | 213 | 131 | 253 | 108 | 226 | 123 | 231 | 111 | 923 | 473 | |
Lambeth Church ii — 1st part | 128 | 182 | 87 | 201 | 132 | 193 | 126 | 798 | 473 | ||
Lambeth CHURCH—2nd part | 420 | 818 | 401 | 210 | 375 | 291 | 388 | 263 | 1584 | 1112 | 341 |
Kennington- 1s part | 366 | 215 | 369 | 181 | 323 | 199 | 323 | 239 | 1383 | 837 | |
Kennington-2nd past | 237 | 168 | 220 | 121 | 215 | 123 | 229 | 138 | 901 | 550 | |
Brixton | 291 | 165 | 271 | 131 | 291 | 146 | 253 | 138 | 1109 | 580 | |
Norwood | 119 | 75 | 105 | 46 | 103 | 49 | 92 | 64 | 419 | 231 | 6 |
t total | 2331 | 1281 | 1957 | 935 | 1874 | 1152 | 1853 | 1175 | 7715 | 4593 | 317 |