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Lambeth 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]

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II.—SANITARY WORK.
(Dealing with the sanitary circumstances and administration of the
Borough of Lambeth).
Return shewing the Number of Notices served in the Borough of
Lambeth, from the ist January to the 31st December, 1926.
Number of Notices served ... ... 17,069*
A. COMPULSORILV NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES!
(Public Health (London) Act, 1891).
No. of Notices served 7321
No. of Infected Houses 6401
Small Pox 1
Scarlet Fever 689
Typhoid and Para-typhoid Fever 7
Diphtheria 630
Membranous Croup 8
Continued Fever —
Puerperal Fever 35
Erysipelas 86
Cerebro-Spinal Fever and Post-Basic Meningitis § 6
Acute Polio-Myelitis§§ 6
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 51
Measles 4393
German Measles 215
Primary Pneumonia 107
Influenzal Pneumonia 114
Encephalitis Lethargica 14
Malaria 6
Dysentery 1
Trench Fever
Anthrax —
Puerperal Pyrexia 32
B. GENERAL NUISANCES AND DRAINAGE DEFECTS.
(Public Health (London) Act, and Metropolis Local Management
Acts).
No. of Notices served*† 9736
Works, Structural—
Drainage, Defective 246
Intercepting Traps with Fresh Air Inlets required, or
defective 112
* Including Measles and German Measles, but excluding notices under the
Housing Acts,
t Excluding Tuberculosis.
3 cases of Para-typhoid.
§ 5 cases of Cerebro spinal Fever and 1 case of Post-basic meningitis.
§§ I case of Polio-encephalitis acuta, and 5 cases of Polio-myelitis acuta.