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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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| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 836 | 13 | 270 | 425 | 70 | 47 | 1 1 | — | 333 | 177 | 120 | 139 | 61 | 8180 |
| Erysipelas | 127 | — | 11 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 43 | 23 | 19 | 23 | 18 | 36 | 31 | 60 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1042 | 9 | 342 | 579 | 68 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 228 | 278 | 180 | 238 | 118 | 997 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever (15 paratyphoid fever) | 25 | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | ??? | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 27 | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | 6 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 2 | ||
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis* | 487 | — | 6 | 10 | 78 | 87 | 139 | 99 | — | |||||
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis† | 88 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 11 | — | ||||||||
| Cerebro-spinal Fever (1 post-basic meningitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Polio-myelitis acute(4 polio encephalitis acuta) | 6 | — | 5 | —_ | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 5 | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 17 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 36 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | |
| Measles ‡ | 798 | 25 | 346 | 361 | 45 | 17 | 4 | — | 276 | 117 | 84 | 205 | 52 | |
| German Measles ‡ | 1111 | 27 | 259 | 672 | 115 | 36 | 2 | — | 219 | 127 | 123 | 475 | 167 | |
| Malaria | 8 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —- | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Primary Pneumonia Acuta | 9 | 24 | 19 | 36 | 37 | 18 | 35 | 33 | 36 | 37 | 24 | 65 | ||
| Influenzal Pneumonia Acuta | 87 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 28 |
Unlit ion Hospitals Name and Situation—Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board (one situated in the Stockwell Sub-District and Stockwell Ward of the
Borough of Lambeth). Total available beds provided by the Board—8555. Number of Diseases that can be concurrently treated—All usual notifiable infectious
diseases and(partly) Measles and Whooping Cough.
* Excluding all renotifications (196) of pulmonary tuberculosis and notifications under Form C (433) and under Form D (309) of the 1912 Regulations,
† Excluding all renotifications (147) of non pulmonary tuberculosis, and notifications under Form C(74) and under Form D(69) of the 1912 Regulations
‡ Measles and German Measles became compulsorily notifiable within the Borough of Lambeth on January 1st, 1916, and are still compulsorily notifiab