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Lambeth 1918
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1918
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TABLE L. » Table of Civil Population, Total Registered Births and New Cases of Infectious Sickness, coming to the knowledge of the,Medical Officer of Health (by notification), during the year 1918, in the Borough of Lambeth, classified according to Diseases and Localities.
| Registration SubDistricts. | Population at all Ages. | Total Registered Births 1918. | New Cases of Sickness in each the knowledge of the Medical during | Locality, coming to Officer of Health 1918. | Number of such Cases removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital during 1917. 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Census 1911. | Estimated 1918. [Civil Population.) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
| Small Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Erysipelas. | Cerebro-spinal Fever. | Polio-myelitis Acuta. | Ophthalmia. | Measles. | ! German Measles. | Chicken Pox. | Small Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Erysipelas. | Cerebro-spinal Fever. | Polio-myelitis Acuta. | Ophthalmia. | Measles. | German Measles. | Chicken Pox. | ||||||||
| Typhoid or Enteric. | Continued & Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Typhoid or Enteric. | Continued & Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lambeth Church | 47910 | 40382 | 1981 | — | 83 | 137 | 3 | 5 | — | 5 | 28 | 4 | — | 13 | 485 | 84 | 32 | — | 80 | 135 | 3 | 5 | — | 4 | 11 | 4 | — | — | 34 | 1 | 5 |
| Kennington | 48609 | 41863 | 879 | — | 122 | 75 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 14 | 4 | — | 8 | 545 | 91 | 43 | — | 117 | 74 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | 23 | — | — | |
| Stockwell | 62608 | 54916 | 1720 | — | 127 | 91 | — | 4 | — | 3 | 19 | 3 | — | 10 | 694 | 57 | 115 | — | 120 | 85 | — | 4 | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 32 | — | — |
| Brixton | 76650 | 68586 | 1054 | 1 | 141 | 104 | 5 | 5 | — | 4 | 34 | 11 | — | 17 | 596 | 81 | 48 | 1 | 127 | 98 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 11 | 6 | — | — | 25 | 3 | 1 |
| Norwood | 62281 | 56528 | 756 | — | 76 | 77 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 401 | 89 | 69 | — | 67 | 74 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 |
| Totals | 298058 | 262275 | 6390 | 1 | 549 | 484 | 9 | 15 | — | 16 | 105 | 23 | 1 | 50 | 2721402 | 307 | 1 | 511 | 466 | 9 | 14 | — | 9 | 32 | 17 | 1 | — | 117 | 4 | 7 | |
N.B.—In addition to the above new cases of infectious sickness coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health by compulsory medical
cation under the Notification Clauses of the Public Health (London) Act 1891, or the Orders and Regulations made thereunder, the following cases were
notified voluntarily, viz.: Chicken Pox 1021, Measles 460, Cancer 85, and Whooping Cough 818.