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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 1904
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1904
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NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, Etc.
| 1st q. | 2nd Q. | 3rd Q. | 4th Q. | Total. 1904. | 1903. | 1902. | 1901. | 1900. | 1899. | Yearly average 5 years (1899-1903). | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 392 | 594 | 193 | 115 | 1294 | 1346 | 364 | 728 | 941 | 773 | 830·4 |
| Whooping Cough. | 101 | 169 | 47 | 63 | 380 | 325 | 110 | 72 | 126 | 58 | 138·2 |
| Chicken-pox1 | 74 | 91 | 25 | 115 | 305 | 356 | 1625 | 78 | 88 | 21 | 433·6 |
| Tuberculosis† | 134 | 230 | 140 | 155 | 659 | 269 | 488 | 483 | 524 | 474 | 447·6 |
| Cancer | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 34 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 19·6 |
| 705 | 1091 | 412 | 450 | 2658 | 2309 | 2621 | 1376 | 1702 | 1339 | 1869·4 |
†Tuberculosis voluntarily notifiable throughout the Borough since June 1st, 1902.
*Chicken-pox compulsorily notifiable throughout the Borough (and the whole of the Administrative County of London) from
April 8th, 1901, to November 8th, 1901—556 cases being notified compulsorily by medical men, and 305 other cases by others,
during 1904, in Lambeth.
N.B.—39 other diseases (not classified) i.e., Rheumatic Fever, Pneumonia, etc., and 31 Verminous Houses were also dealt with
during 1904.