Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE L—continued.
Registration
SubDistricts.
Population at
all Ages.
Total Registered Births 1924
(52 weeks).
Number of such Cases removed from their Homes in the several Localities
for Treatment in Isolation Hospital during 1924.
Census
1921.
Estimated
1924.
(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.
1 .
Erysipelas.
Cerebro-spinal
Fever.
†Polio-myelitis
Acuta.
Ophthalmia.
Measles.
German
Measles.
Primary
Pneumonia.
Influenzal
Pneu monia.
Malaria.
Anthrax.
* Typhoid or
Enteric.
Encephalitis
Lethareica.
Puerperal.
Lambeth Church
45617
45090
2306
--
173
205
—
i
2
3
14
—
1
1
78
23
6
—
—
Kennington
44957
44860
1115
—
173
113
—
3
2
10
9
—
—
1
35
—
11
3
—
—
Stock well
63806
65440
1532
—
169
95
—
7
5
6
9
4
3
4
40
—
9
5
—
1
Brixton
81262
84040
1839
235
108
—
6
8
1
5
—
—
4
47
—
18
5
——
—
Norwood
67318
69870
1099
—
150
50
—
2
6
1
7
—
1
3
78
—
7
—
—
—
Totals
302960
309300
7891
——
900
571
—
19
23
21
44
4
5
13
278
—
68
22
—
1
* Including 4 cases of paratyphoid fever.
†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 673, Measles 1000, Cancer 93, and Whooping
Cough 511.