London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| Table I. | Year. | Table II. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year. | Deaths registered. | Cases notified officially | Deaths registered. | Cases notified officially. | |
| Smallpox not compulsorily notifiable until 1889. | 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1865 | 63 | 1890 | — | 15 | |
| 1866 | 47 | 1891 | — | 3 | |
| 1867 | 80 | 1892 | 1 | ||
| 1868 | 37 | 1893 | 5 | 99 | |
| 1869 | 22 | 1894 | 1 | 26 | |
| 1870 | 28 | 1895 | 2 | 51 | |
| 1871 | 937 | 1896 | 2 | 16 | |
| 1872 | 182 | 1897 | — | 2 | |
| 1873 | 5 | 1898 | — | — | |
| 1874 | 12 | 1899 | — | 1 | |
| 1875 | 8 | 1900 | — | — | |
| 1876 | 221 | 1901 | 4 | 54 | |
| 1877 | 138 | 1902 | 60 | 350 | |
| 1878 | 42 | 1903 | 4 | 72 | |
| 1879 | 13 | 1904 | — | 23 | |
| 1880 | 13 | 1905 | — | — | |
| 1881 | 97 | 1906 | — | — | |
| 1882 | 17 | 1907 | — | — | |
| 1883 | 12 | 1908 | — | — | |
| 1884 | 25 | 1909 | — | — | |
| 1885 | 85 | 1910 | — | — | |
| 1886 | 3 | 1911 | — | — | |
| 1887 | 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | 1913 | — | — | |
| Average for 24 yrs. (1865-1888 | 87.O | 1914 | — | — | |
| 1915 | — | — | |||
| 1916 | — | — | |||
| 1917 | — | — | |||
| 1918 | — | 1 | |||
| — | 1 | ||||
| 1920 | — | — | |||
| 1921 | — | — | |||
| 1922 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1923 | — | — | |||
| — | 2 | ||||
| 1925 | — | 2 | |||
| Annual Average for 36 years (1889-1924) i.e., since the introduction of the Notification of Infectious diseases Act. | 2.2 | 20.47 | |||
N.B—The above figures are taken from the official figures published
in the Annual Reports of the Medical Officers of Health (Drs.
Puckle, MacCormack, Farr, Verdun and Priestley).