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Lambeth 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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The value of such practical measures is shewn by the various
statistics in this Report, not only for the year 1926, but also for many
years past. The steady fall in the numbers of deaths registered amongst
infants and children between the ages of 1 and 5 years for the past
30 years is remarkable, even after making allowances for the declining
birth-rate. More remarkable is the decline in the deaths registered
from diarrhoea (in infants and children between the. ages of 1 and 5
years) during ihe same period.
Influenza.
57 corrected deaths were registered from Influenza during 1926,
as compared with an average of 83.0 during the quinquennium 1921I925.
The full details of the age and sex distribution of the 57 deaths during 1926, are as follows:-
| Under 1 Year. | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | Under 5 Years. | 5 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 40 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m. | f | m. | f | m. | f | m. | f. | m. | f | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. |
| 1 | — | 1 | - | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | — | — | 3 | 2 |
| 40 to 45 | 45 to 60 | 60 to 65 | 65 and over. | Over 5 Years. | All Ages. | Total. | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 30 | 24 | 32 | 25 | 57 | ||||
114 cases of acute influenzal pneumonia were officially notified *
3.—"Contacts" or "Suspects," "Carriers," etc., from
Abroad or from Districts outside
Lambeth Borough.
"Contacts" or "Suspects," "Carriers," etc., were watched in
connection with different diseases as follows:—smallpox, 6; and
cholera and plague, 12.
* 108 cases of acute primary pneumonia were also notified during 1926.