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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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Sub-divided according to the different notifiable diseases, the results show as follow:—
| Disease. | No. of Infected Houses. | Numbers shewing Defects as to | Percentage shewing Total Defects. | Percentage giving no Defects. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drains. | Traps, Fittings and Appliances. | Total. | ||||
| Smallpox | 19 | - | 5 | 5 | 26.3 | 73.7 |
| Cholera | - | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 296 | 49 | 132 | 181 | 61.2 | 38.8 |
| Membranous Croup | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 63.6 | 36.4 |
| Erysipelas | 251 | 22 | 86 | 108 | 43.03 | 56.97 |
| Scarlet Fever | 511 | 59 | 252 | 311 | 60.9 | 39.1 |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid | 98 | 12 | 41 | 53 | 54.1 | 45.9 |
| Continued or Relapsing | 4 | – | – | – | 0.0 | o.0 |
| Puerperal | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13.3 | 86.7 |
| Totals | 1205 | 146 | 521 | 667 | 55.4 | 44.6 |
N.B.—The 476 Chicken-pox infected houses shewed defective drains in 40;
defective traps, fittings and appliances in 225; and no defects in 211. To keep
the records comparable for the past years, Chicken-pox is omitted from the
above table.