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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. [Local Government Board Old Table B.]

Registration SubDistricts.Population at all Ages.Total Registered Births 1918.New Cases of Sickness in each the knowledge of the Medical duringLocality, 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
Census 1911.Estimated 1918. [Civil Population.)12345678910111213141234567891011121314
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 Church4791040382198183137355284134858432801353541143415
Kennington486094186387912275111448545914311774114423
Stockwell626085491617201279143193106945711512085424232
Brixton76650685861054114110455434111759681481127985411162531
Norwood622815652875676771310112401896967741121131
Totals2980582622756390154948491516105231502721402307151146691493217111747

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.