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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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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 1923, in the Borough of Lambeth, classified according to Diseases and Localities.
| Population at all Ages. | Total Registered Births 1923. (52 weeks) | New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during 1923. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registration SubDistricts. | Census 1921. | Estimated 1923 (middle of year). | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | ||
| Small Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Erysipelas. | †Cerebro-spinal Fever. | †‡ Polio-myelitis Acuta. | Ophthalmia. | Measles. | German Measles. | Primary Pneumonia. | Influenzal Pneumonia. | Malaria. | Trench Fever. | |||||||
| Typhoid or Enteric | Encephalitis Lethargica. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lambeth Church | 45617 | 45730 | 2321 | — | 124 | 120 | — | 3 | 1 | 8 | 27 | — | 1 | 8 | 342 | 32 | 27 | 8 | — | — | |
| Kennington | 44957 | 44820 | 1204 | — | 80 | 123 | — | 1 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 1 | — | 8 | 181 | 22 | 26 | 3 | — | — | |
| Stockwell | 63806 | 65140 | 1664 | — | 111 | 96 | 2 | 1 | — | 7 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 180 | 36 | 37 | 17 | 1 | — | |
| Brixton | 81262 | 83420 | 1971 | — | 315 | 127 | 1 | 1 | — | 17 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 208 | 46 | 46 | 19 | 2 | 1 | |
| Norwood | 67318 | 69390 | 1184 | — | 193 | 114 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | 12 | — | 2 | 4 | 192 | 11 | 33 | 8 | 1 | — | |
| Totals | 302960 | 308500 | 8344 | — | 823 | 580 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 48 | 107 | 7 | 10 | 60 | 1103 | 147 | 169 | 55 | 4 | 1 | |
* Including 1 case of paratyphoid fever, † Including 3 cases of post-basic meningitis. ‡ Including 1 case of polio-encephalitis acuta.