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Lambeth 1926

[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 1926Number of such Cases removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital during 1926.
Census 1921.Estimated 1926. (middle of year).12345678910111213141516171819
Small Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Erysipelas.f Cerebro-spinal Fever.I l'olio-myelitis Acuta.Ophthalmia.Measles.German Measles.Primary Pneumonia.Influenzal Pneumonia.Malaria.Dysentery§ Puerperal Pyrexia.
* Typhoid or Enteric.Continued Fever.Encephalitis Lethargica.Puerperal.
Lambeth Church45617441502277111320521101011501206
Kennington44957448401042114179311391281310
Stockweli.63806659 so1473185120354146881
Brixton81262855101661175123438511327342
Norwood673187035°1044109781135922136-31
Total3029603iigoo749716967059683137445287147293

77
* Including 2 cases of paratyphoid fever.
§ Notifiable compulsorily since October 1st, 1920.
t Including 1 case ol Post-basic meningitis.
J Including 1 case 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 wete reported voluntarily, viz, : Chicken 1'ox 824. Measles 1496, Cancer 96, and Whooping
Cough 508