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Lambeth 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE G.
Shewing the total numbers of cases (corrected) of infectious diseases notified compulsorily by Medical Practitioners under the Notification Clauses of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and the Orders and Regulations made thereunder, in the Borough of Lambeth, during 1927, together with the total numbers of deaths registered from the same diseases, the case mortality per 100 persons for each disease, the numbers of cases (with percentages) removed to hospital, and the numbers of infected houses.
| Cases notified. | Deaths registered. | Case Mortality per 100. | Cases removed to hospital. | Per cent. of cases removed. | Infected houses. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Smallpox | — | — | - | - | - | - | |
| Scarlet Fever | 659 | 1 | 0.15 | 61 / | 93.62 | 610 | |
| Diphtheria | 767 | 33 | 4.30 | 750 | 97.78 | 695 | |
| Membranous Croup | 2 | — | — | 1 | 50.00 | 2 | |
| † | Typus | - | - | - | . | - | - |
| Typhoid or Enteric | 23 | 3 | 13.04 | 20 | 86.95 | 23 | |
| Continued and Relapsing Fever | - | - | — | — | — | — | |
| Erysipelas | 128 | 7 | 5.42 | 55 | 42.96 | 128 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 22 | 7 | 31.81 | 19 | 86.36 | 22 | |
| *Puerperal Pyrexia | 57 | — | 0.00 | 8 | 14.03 | 56 | |
| *Plague | — | — | — | — | — | - | |
| *‡Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 7 | 4 | 57.14 | 7 | 100.00 | 7 | |
| *Polio-myelitis acuta | 7 | 1 | 14.28 | 4 | 57.14 | 7 | |
| *Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 55 | 1 | 1.81 | 6 | 10.90 | 55 | |
| *Whooping Cough | — | 29 | - | - | - | - | |
| *Measles | 940 | 23 | 2.44 | 209 | 22.21 | 767 | |
| *German Measles | 133 | - | - | 1 | 0.75 | 132 | |
| *Tuberculosis— | |||||||
| Pulmonary (primary) | 471 | 264 | 56.05 | - | - | - | |
| Non-pulmonary (primary) | 100 | 49 | 49.00 | - | - | - | |
| *Chickenpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| *Malaria | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | |
| *Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| *Primary Pneumonia (Acute) | 295 | 50 | 16.94 | 102 | 34.5 | 294 | |
| *Influenzal Pneumonia (Acute) | 203 | 47 | 23.15 | 202 | |||
| *Encephalitis Lethargica (Acute) | 7 | 7 | 100.00 | 5 | 71.42 | 7 | |
| *Trench Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| *Anthrax | 1 | — | — | 1 | 100.00 | 1 | |
*Plague was made compulsorily notifiable on September 19th, 1900, cerebro-spinal fever on March 12th, 1907, polio myelitis
and polio-encephalitis acuta on September 1st, 1911, ophthalmia neonatorum on March 13th, 1911, glanders (human), anthrax
(human), and hydrophobia (human), on April 26th, 1909, pulmonary tuberculosis (poor law cases) on January 1st, 1909, pulmonary
tuberculosis (hospital cases) on May 1st, 1911, pulmonary tuberculosis (private cases) on January 1st, 1912, and tuberculosis
(pulmonary and non-pulmonary), on February 1st, 1913. Chicken-pox was compulsorily notifiable as follows : 1902 (February 7th
to December 31st).1903 (Jauary 1st to 6th), 1904(April 8th to November 8th), 1911 (March 22nd to June 22nd), 1915 (March
17th to June30th). and 1918 (March 27th June 30th), the numbersof cases notified being respectively 1,560, 40 556 238 473
and 307. Whooping Cough was compulsorily notifiable from Januarv 1st, 1913, to December 31st, 1917, the numbers of cases
notified being as follows — 1913, 1,428 ; 1914, 1.389 ; 1915, 1,607 ; 1916. 1,576 ; and 1917, 902. Measles and German Measles
became compulsorily notifiable on January 1st, 1916, acute encephalitis lethargica on January 1st, 1919, and malaria, dysentery,
pneumonia (acute primary and acute influenzal) and trench fever on March 1st, 1919. Puerperal pyrexia became compulsorily
notifiable on October 1st, 1926, under the Public Health (Notification of Puerperal Pyrexia and Puerperal Fever) Regulations,
1926.
9 measles cases were notified by parents (or relatives), in addition to the 940 notified cases (mentioned above).
† Including 2 cases of paratyphoid fever, 1 case removed to hospital.
‡ Including 1 case of post-basic meningitis, which was removed to the hospital, and died.