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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 1902
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1902
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II. SANITARY WORK.
Return showing the Number of Nuisances removed or
abated in the Borough of Lambeth, from the 1st January to
the 31st December, 1902.
Number of Notices 15384*
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES. †
(Public Health, London, Act).
No. of Infected Houses 2430
Smallpox 287
Scarlet Fever 1164
Typhoid 206
Typhus —
Continued Fever 10
Diphtheria 420
Membranous Croup 15
Puerperal Fever 17
Erysipelas 301
English Cholera 1
† Chickenpox was made a compulsory notifiable disease throughout
Lambeth Borough (and the rest of the Administrative County of London) on
February 7th, and 1560 cases have been notified representing 1349 infected
houses during 1902.
* Excluding 14 Notices under the Housing of the Working Classes
Act, 1890 (vide page 151).