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Lambeth 1876

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]

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principal Zymotic diseases, 251 being strangers in Hospitals.
Thus the Lambeth deaths from these causes, were 3.7 per 1000
of the population.
Deducting strangers, the deaths were from—
Small-pox 221
Measles 107
Scarlet Fever 123
Diphtheria 31
Whooping Cough 119
Typhus Fever 7
Enteric or Typhoid Fever 50
Simple Continued Fever 16
and Diarrhoea 193
Vide—Table II.
During the year, 1303 cases of attacks of zymotic diseases were
reported to the Vestry, comprising 976 Small Pox, 22 Measles,
250 Scarlet Fever, 8 Diphtheria, 5 Typhus, and 42 Typhoid
Fever. In every instance the premises were inspected, and all
necessary steps taken in removing the patient where practicable,
and in carrying ont thorough disinfection.
SMALL POX.
The total mortality from Small Pox was 371; viz., 20 in the
June quarter, 61 September quarter, 129 December quarter, and
161 March quarter. The number of strangers who died in the
Hospitals was 150, viz., June quarter 7, September 31, December
57, and March 55 making the total number of Lambeth
cases 221.
One hundred of the Lambeth cases removed to the Hospitals
proved fatal, viz., June quarter 9, September 20, December 36,
March 35.