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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 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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DIPHTHERIA STATISTICS FROM 1895 to 1926 (inclusive).
BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.
| Year. | Population at decennial periods. | Total No. of Diphtheria cases notified. | Attack Rate per 1,000. | Cases sent to Hospital. | Cases treated at Home. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of cases admitted. | Percentage of Total Notifications. | No. of Deaths. | Percentage (case mortality). | No. of cases treated at Home. | Percentage of Total Notifications. | No. of Deaths. | Percentage (case mortality). | ||||
| 1895 | 291,067 | 614 | 2.1 | 172 | 28.0 | 47 | 27.3 | 442 | 72.0 | 56 | 12.7 |
| 6 | 295,033 | 652 | 2.2 | 263 | 40.3 | 71 | 26.9 | 389 | 59.7 | 58 | 14.9 |
| 7 | 296,405 | 704 | 2.4 | 313 | 44.4 | 90 | 28.7 | 391 | 55.6 | 48 | 12.3 |
| 8 | 297,777 | 813 | 2.7 | 278 | 34.2 | 65 | 23.4 | 535 | 65.8 | 43 | 8.0 |
| 9 | 299,149 | 1,081 | 3.6 | 761 | 70.4 | 108 | 14.2 | 320 | 29.6 | 14.1 | |
| 1900 | 300,521 | 844 | 2.8 | 598 | 70.9 | 77 | 12.9 | 246 | 29.1 | 26 | 10.6 |
| 1 | 301,895 | 511 | 1.7 | 383 | 74.9 | 36 | 9.4 | 128 | 25.1 | 11 | 8.6 |
| 2 | 301,512 | 459 | 1.5 | 347 | 75.6 | 38 | 10.9 | 112 | 24.4 | 11 | 9.9 |
| 3 | 301,129 | 329 | 1.1 | 250 | 75.9 | 18 | 7.2 | 79 | 24.1 | 10 | 12.7 |
| 4 | 300,746 | 317 | 1.05 | 242 | 76.3 | 25 | 10.3 | 75 | 23.7 | 8 | 10.7 |
| 5 | 300,363 | 439 | 1.4 | 359 | 81.8 | 24 | 6.7 | 80 | 18.2 | 13 | 16.3 |
| 6 | 299,980 | 415 | 1.4 | 332 | 80.0 | 38 | 11.4 | 83 | 20.0 | 12 | 14.5 |
| 7 | 299,597 | 317 | 1.05 | 267 | 84.2 | 46 | 17.2 | 50 | 15.8 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 8 | 299,214 | 320 | 1.1 | 283 | 88.4 | 38 | 13.4 | 37 | 11.6 | 6 | 16.2 |
| 9 | 298,831 | 373 | 1.2 | 346 | 92.8 | 57 | 16.5 | 27 | 7.2 | 2 | 7.4 |
| 1910 | 298,848 | 318 | 1.1 | 287 | 90.3 | 23 | 8.0 | 31 | 9.7 | 2 | 6..5 |
| 1 | 298,058 | 398 | 1.3 | 373 | 93.7 | 39 | 10.5 | 25 | 6.3 | 16.0 | |
| 2 | 298,539 | 329 | 1.1 | 300 | 91.2 | 29 | 9.7 | 29 | 8.8 | - | - |
| 3 | 299,020 | 385 | 1.2 | 334 | 86.8 | 32 | 9.6 | 51 | 13.2 | 4 | 7.8 |
| 4 | 299,501 | 550 | 1.1 | 476 | 86.5 | 47 | 9.9 | 74 | 13.5 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 5 | 299,982 | 434 | 1.4 | 393 | 90.5 | 41 | 10.4 | 41 | 9.5 | 4 | 9.7 |
| 6 | 300,463 | 432 | 1.4 | 398 | 92.1 | 41 | 10.3 | 34 | 7.9 | - | - |
| 7 | 300,944 | 563 | 1.8 | 493 | 87.6 | 43 | 8.7 | 70 | 12.4 | 5 | 7.1 |
| 8 | 301,425 | 484 | 1.6 | 466 | 96.3 | 39 | 8.4 | 18 | 3.7 | 6 | 33.3 |
| 9 | 301,906 | 548 | 1.8 | 484 | 88.3 | 56 | 11.6 | 64 | 11.7 | 6.2 | |
| 1920 | 302,397 | 705 | 2.3 | 676 | 95.9 | 70 | 10.3 | 29 | 4.1 | 7 | 24.1 |
| 1 | 302,868 | 543 | 1.8 | 524 | 96.5 | 43 | 8.2 | 19 | 3.5 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 2 | 303,349 | 640 | 2.1 | 603 | 94.2 | 45 | 7.5 | 37 | 5.8 | 5 | 18.5 |
| 3 | 303,830 | 580 | 1.9 | 568 | 97.9 | 48 | 8.4 | 12 | 9.1 | - | 18-5 |
| 4 | 304,311 | 589 | 1.9 | 571 | 96.9 | 48 | 8.4 | 18 | 3.1 | 3 | - |
| 5 | 304,792 | 831 | 2.7 | 814 | 97.9 | 55 | 6.7 | 7 | 2.1 | 16-6 | |
| 6 | 305,273 | 716 | 2.3 | 705 | 98.5 | 43 | 6.1 | 11 | 1.5 | - | - |
| 7 | 305,754 | 767 | 2.5 | 750 | 97.8 | 32 | 4.3 | 17 | 2.2 | 1 | 5.9 |
Membranous Croup cases are not included in the above table.
N.B.—'The above table has been prepared for Diphtheria, to correspond with a similar table for Scarlet Fever that was
prepared and issued in the Annual Report for 1926 (p. 37).