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Lambeth 1905

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1905

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INDEX.
To the History of a Diphtheria Outbreak at the Lambeth
Parochial Schools, West Norwood, May—july, 1905.
Addendum 134—136
Ages of Patients 107—108, 125—126
Bacteriological Examinations 102, 121—122, 125—126, 132
Bacilli found—
KlebsLœfller 104—105,132
Hoffmann 104—105, 132
Vincent's Organisms 105, 132
Involution forms 104—105
"Carrier " Diphtheria cases 102
Conclusion 124
Details of the Outbreak 105—109
Dormitories, arrangement of beds 127—128
Involuted forms of bacilli 104—105,116
Introductory remarks 102—109
"In and out" children 113—114
Infirmary of Workhouse, outbreak 112, 122, 129, 132
"Latent" Diphtheria cases 103
Main Buildings of Schools 109
Blocks infected 109, 115, 120—121, 125—126
C South Block 109—110, 115, 125—126
Hospital—
Removal to 107—108, 125—126
Return from 125—126
Stay in 125—126
Origin of Outbreak 109—110
Potential Diphtheria cases 102
Preventive Measures taken 120—121
Pseudo-Diphtheria cases 104—105, 120, 132
Receiving Ward, Outbreak in 118—120, 131
Removal of Patients to Hospital 107—108, 125—126
Return of Patients from Hospital 125—126
Stay (length of) in Hospital 125—126
Secondary Outbreaks
Receiving Ward 118—120, 131
Workhouse 119 120, 122, 129
Workhouse—Infirmary 112,122,129
Spreading of Disease 110—120, 123—124
Method of 110—116
Reason for 116—120, 123—124
Symptoms, Classification of 103—104
Stomatitis (see Ulcerative Stomatitis).
Summary 122—124
Type of Disease 102—103