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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 (continued).
| Population at all Ages. | Total Registered Births 1923. (52 weeks) | Number of such Cases removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital 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. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lambeth Church | 45617 | 45730 | 2321 | — | 122 | 120 | — | 2 | — | 7 | 10 | _ | 1 | 1 | 50 | — | 12 | 6 | — | — | |
| Kennington | 44957 | 44820 | 1204 | — | 77 | 119 | — | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | 15 | — | 8 | — | — | — | |
| Stockwell | 63806 | 65140 | 1664 | — | 104 | 94 | 2 | 1 | — | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | — | 13 | 5 | — | — | |
| Brixton | 81262 | 83420 | 1971 | — | 295 | 127 | 1 | — | — | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 3 | — | — | |
| Norwood | 67318 | 69390 | 1184 | — | 178 | 108 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 60 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Totals | 302960 | 308500 | 8344 | — | 776 | 568 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 34 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 148 | 1 | 51 | 15 | — | — | |
*Including 1 case of paratyphoid fever, † Including 2 cases of post-basic meningitis. ‡ Including 1 case of polio-encephalitis acuta.
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 notification under the Notification Clauses of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, or the Orders and Regulations
made thereunder, the following cases were reported voluntarily, viz.: Chicken Pox 820, Measles 320, Cancer 105, and
Whooping Cough 441.