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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 L— continued.
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Population at all Ages. | Total Registered Births 1925 | Number of such Cases removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital during 1925. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census 1921. | Estimated 1925. (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. | Puerperal. | Erysipelas. | Cerebro-spinal Fever. | Polio-myelitis Acuta. | Ophthalmia. | Measles. | German Measles. | Primary Pneumonia. | Influenzal Pneumonia. | Malaria. | ||||||
| *Typhoid or Enteric. | Continued Fever. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lambeth Church | 45617 | 44480 | 2246 | — | 223 | 328 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 5 | 14 | — | 1 | — | 15 | 19 | 3 | — | |
| Kennington | 44957 | 44920 | 1051 | — | 274 | 173 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 15 | — | ||
| Stockwell | 63806 | 65990 | 1589 | 2 | 170 | 119 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | 8 | — | 10 | 3 | — |
| Brixton | 81262 | 85450 | 1740 | — | 222 | 137 | — | _ | 3 | 13 | 16 | — | — | 2 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 6 | — | |
| Norwood | 67318 | 70260 | 1037 | — | 108 | 59 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 13 | — | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 1 | — | |
| Total | 302960 | 2 | 997 | 816 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 60 | 5 | 4 | 52 | 18 | 28 | — | ||||
* Including 2 cases of paratyphoid fever. † Post-basic meningitis. ‡ Including 2 cases 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 1250. Measles 601, Cancer 86, and Whooping
Cough 871.