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Lambeth 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| *Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 53 | - | — | 5 | 9.4 | 51 |
| *Whooping Cough | - | 19 | — | - | - | - |
| *Measles | 5,149 | 68 | 1.32 | 287 | 56 | 4,393 |
| *German Measles | 223 | 1 | 0.44 | 1 | 0.4 | 215 |
| *Tuberculosis— | ||||||
| Pulmonary (primary) | 446 | 262 | 58 74 | — | — | — |
| Non.pulmonary (primary) | 101 | 60 | 59.40 | — | — | — |
| *Chickenpox | — | — | — | — | . | |
| *Malaria | 6 | — | - | — | — | 6 |
| *Dysentery | 1 | — | - | — | — | 1 |
| *Primary Pneumonia (Acute) | 108 | 47 | 43.5 | 107 | ||
| *Influenzal Pneumonia (Acute) | 114 | 55 | 24.7 7 | 1 29 | 25.4 | 114 |
| *Encephalitis Lethargica (Acute) | 14 | 5 | 35.71 | 8 | 57 1 | .4 |
| *Trench Fever | - | — | — | — | . | |
| * Anthrax | .. | — | — | — | — |
* Plague was made compulsorily notifiable on September 19th, 1900, cerebro.spin?l fever on March 12th, 1907, polio myelitis and
polio encephalitis acuta on September 1st, 1911, ophthalmia neonatorum on March 13th, 1911, glanders (human), Anthrax (human), and
hydrophobia (human), on April 26th, 1909, pulm .nary tuberculosis (poor law cases) on January 1st, 1909, pulmonary tuberculosis (hospital
cases) on May 1st, 1911, pulmonary tuberculosis (private cases) on January 1st, 1912, and tuberculosis (pulmonary and non.pulmonary), on
February 1st, 1913. Chicken.Pox was compulsorily notifiable as follows : 1902 (February 7th to December 31st), 1903 (January 1st to 6th),
1904 (April 8tn to November 8th), 1911 (March 22nd to June 22nd), 1915 (March 17th to June 30th), and 1918 March 27th to June 30th),
the numbers of cases notified being respectively, 1,560, 40, 556, 238, 473 and 307. Whooping Cough was compulsorily no ifiable from
January 1st. 1913, to December 31st, 1917, the numbers of cases nolifiecl being as follows:—1913, 1,428; 1914, 1,389; 1915, 1,607; 1916,
1,576; and 1917,902. Me isles and German Measles became compulsorily notifiable on January 1st, 1916, acute encephalitis lethargica
on January 1st, 1919, and malaria, dysentery, pneumonia (acute primary and acute influenzal) and trench fever (in March 1st, 1919. Puerperal
pyrexia became compulsorily notifiable on October , 1st, 1926, under the Public Health (Notification of Puerperal Pyrexia and Puerperal
Fever) Regulations, 1926
77 Measles cases were notified by parents (or relatives), in addition to the 5149 notified cases (mentioned above).
+ Including 3 cases of paratyphoid fever, 2 cases removed to hospital.
t Including 1 case of p .sl.basic meningitis, which was removed to the hospital, and died.
§ Including 1 case of polio.encephalitis acuta, which was removed to hospital.