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Lambeth 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE II.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF 1-AMBETH DURING THE YEAR 1926
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality e.g., Parish or Ward) of the District. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Lambeth Church. | Kenningicn. | Stockwell. | Brixton. | Norwood. | ||||||||
| Under | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15- | 15 to 25- | 25 to 45- | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||
| Small-pox | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| holera | — | — | - | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 725 | 11 | 249 | 360 | 59 | 39 | 7 | — | 209 | 184 | 127 | 125 | 80 | 716 |
| Erysipelas | 80 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 37 |
| Scailet Fever | 743 | 4 | 207 | 443 | 58 | 28 | 3 | — | 118 | 118 | 192 | 195 | 120 | 696 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Enteric Fever (3 paratyphoid fever) | 7 | — | — | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 35 | — | — | — | 10 | 25 | — | - | 12 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 31 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia § | 44 | — | — | - | 10 | 34 | — | - | 16 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 3 |
| Plague | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis* | 446 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 93 | 205 | 110 | 10 | 76 | 78 | 88 | 133 | 71 | — |
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis | ioi | 2 | — | 35 | 11 | 19 | 3 | - | 24 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 16 | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever (1 post-basic meningitis) | 6 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Polio-myelitis acuta (1 polio-encephalitis acuta) | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | - | 1 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 14 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatoiuin | 53 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 5 |
| Measles‡ | 5149 | 226 | 2509 | 2313 | 70 | 27 | 4 | - | 716 | 816 | 1224 | 1403 | 990 | 287 |
| German Measle‡ | 223 | 15 | 69 | 104 | 26 | 9 | — | - | 28 | 26 | 24 | 75 | 70 | 1 |
| Malaria | 6 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | - | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | - | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Primary Pneumonia Acuta | 108 | 12 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 18 | 45 | 6 | 9 | 47 |
| Influenzal Pneumonia Acuta | 114 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 26 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 29 |
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Isolation Hospitals, Name and Situation—Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board (one situated in the Stockwell Sub-District and Stockwell Waid 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 ^notifications (16(3) ot pulmonary tuberculosis, and notifications under Form C (410) and under Form D,(328) of the 191- Regulations,
† Excluding all renotifications (7) of non pulmonary tuberculosis, and notifications under Form C (83) and under Form D (46) of the 1912 Regulations.
‡ Measles and German Measles became compulsorily notifiable within the Borough of Lambeth on January 1st, 1916, and are still compulsorily notifiable
$ Notifiable compulsorily on October 1st, 1926.