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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 1899
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1899
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TABLE L.
Shewing the number of Certificates for the Notifiable Zymotic Diseases received in Lambeth since
the introduction of the Notification Act, i.e., in the nine years, 1890-98, and in the year 1899.
| Disease. | 1898 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | Annual average of 9 years 1890—'98 | Notifications received during '99 Lambeth. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-Pox | 15 | 3 | 22 | 99 | 26 | 51 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 26.0 | 1 |
| Cholera | 7 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 13.0 | 3 |
| Diphtheria | 330 | 330 | 504 | 789 | 521 | 614 | 652 | 704 | 813 | 584.1 | 1080 |
| Membranous Croup | 46 | 29 | 47 | 49 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 31.1 | 22 |
| Erysipelas | 248 | 258 | 420 | 587 | 315 | 355 | 352 | 325 | 294 | 350.4 | 330 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1126 | 858 | 1832 | 2275 | 1198 | 1389 | 1550 | 1375 | 1009 | 1401.3 | ICOtJ |
| Typhus | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 |
| Typhoid or Enteric | 150 | 149 | 117 | 160 | 268 | 201 | 162 | ] 85 | 163 | 172.8 | 219 |
| Continued or Relapsing | 41 | 33 | 34 | 58 | 48 | 20 | 16 | ] 1 | 13 | 30.4 | |
| Puerperal | 13 | 11 | £0 | 27 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 26 | 14 | 18.3 | 24 |
| Totals | 1976 | 1676 | 3025 | 4070 | 2433 | 2685 | 2801 | 2663 | 2329 | 2628.6 | 2693 |
| Average per 1000 of population | 7.2 | 6.1 | 10.9 | 14.5 | 8.6 | 9-4 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 7.7 | 9.1 | 8-7 |