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Lambeth 1897
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1897
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TABLE L.
Shewing the number of Certificates for the Notifiable Zymotic Diseases received in Lambeih since
the introduction of the Notification Act, i.e., in the seven years, 1890-96, and in the year 1897.
Disease.
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
Annual
average of
7 years,
1890-96.
Notifications
received during '97.
Lambeth.
London.
Small-Pox
15
3
22
99
26
51
16
33.1
2
105
Cholera
7
4
26
23
10
16
6
13. 1
18
38
Diphtheria
330
350
504
789
521
614
652
534 .2
704
12811
Membranous Croup
46
29
47
49
26
23
27
35.3
17
38 4
Erysipelas
248
258
420
587
315
355
352
362.1
325
5801
Scarlet Fever
1126
858
1832
2275
119.4
1389
1550
1461.1
1375
22876
Typhus
0
1
3
3
2
0
1
1.4
...
4
Typhoid or Ente ic
150
149
117
160
268
201
162
172.4
185
3113
Continued or Relapsing
41
33
34
58
48
20
13
35.7
11
65
Puerperal
13
11
20
27
19
16
19
17.9
26
264
Totals
1976
1676
3025
4070
2433
2685
2801
2666.6
2663
45465
Average per 1003 of population
7.2
61
10.9
14.5
8.6
9.4
9.5
9.5
8.9
11.08