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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 G. Shewing the total numbers of cases (corrected) of infectious diseases notified compulsorily by Medical Practitioners under the Notification Clauses of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and the Orders and Regulations made thereunder, in the Borough of Lambeth, during 1925, together with the total numbers of deaths registered from the same diseases, the case mortality per 100 persons for each disease, the numbers of cases (with percentages) removed to hospital, and the numbers of infected houses.
| Cases notified | Deaths registered. | Case Mortality per 100. | Cases removed to hospital. | Per cent, of cases removed. | Infected houses. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Smallpox | 2 | — | — | 2 | 100.0 | 1 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1042 | 9 | 0.86 | 997 | 95.7 | 940 | |
| Diphtheria | 831 | 55 | 6.61 | 814 | 97.9 | 751 | |
| Membranous Croup | 5 | — | — | 4 | 80.0 | 5 | |
| † | Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid or Enteric | 25 | 4 | 16.0 | 9 | 36.0 | 15 | |
| Continued and Relapsing Fever | 1 | — | — | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | 127 | 3 | 2.36 | 60 | 47.2 | 126 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 27 | 5 | 18.51 | 26 | 96.3 | 27 | |
| •Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| *‡Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 3 | 2 | 66.66 | 1 | 33.3 | 3 | |