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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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TABLE N. Shewing the total cases notified under the Compulsory Notification Clauses of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, in the Borough of Lambeth during 1904 (arranged Quarterly).
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total for 1904. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 5 | 18 | - | - | 23 |
| Scarlet Fever | 116 | 141 | 158 | 245 | 660 |
| Diphtheria | 76 | 71 | 74 | 96 | 317 |
| Membranous Croup | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid | 21 | 18 | 37 | 25 | 101 |
| Continued Fever | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Erysipelas | 53 | 60 | 61 | 77 | 251 |
| Puerperal | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — |
| Plague | — | - | — | — | - |
| Totals | 278 | 312 | 336 | 456 | 1382 |
| Chicken-pox (Compulsorily notifiable up to January 6th, 1903.) | — | 319 | 158 | 79 | 556 |
N.B.—Chicken-pox was made, by special Order of the London County Council, a compulsorily notifiable
disease on April 8th, 1904, and remained so until November 8th, 1904, and, during that period, 556 cases
were compulsorily notified by medical men (305 other cases of the same disease being voluntarily reported
also during the year 1904).