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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 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 1926 | Number 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). | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | ||
| 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 Church | 45617 | 44150 | 2277 | 1 | 113 | 205 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | — | 50 | 1 | 20 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Kennington | 44957 | 44840 | 1042 | 114 | 179 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | – | — | 28 | – | 13 | 10 | — | — | ||
| Stockweli. | 63806 | 659 so | 1473 | — | 185 | 120 | 3 | — | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 46 | — | 8 | 8 | — | — | 1 | ||
| Brixton | 81262 | 85510 | 1661 | — | 175 | 123 | — | 4 | — | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 27 | — | 3 | 4 | — | — | 2 |
| Norwood | 67318 | 7035° | 1044 | — | 109 | 78 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 5 | 9 | — | 2 | 2 | 136 | - | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Total | 302960 | 3iigoo | 7497 | 1 | 696 | 705 | 9 | 6 | — | 8 | 31 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 287 | 1 | 47 | 29 | – | — | 3 |
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