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Lambeth 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE L. Table of Civil Population, Total Registered Births and New Cases of Infectious Sickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health (by notification), during the year 1927, in the Borough of Lambeth, classified according to Diseases and Localities.
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Population at All Ages. | Total Registered Births, 1927. | New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during 1927. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census 1921. | Estimated 1927 (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. | Cerebrospinal Fever. | Polio-myelitis Acuta. | Ophthalmia. | Measles. | German Measles. | Primary Pneumonia. | Influenzal Pneumonia. | Malaria. | ‡ Anthrax. | § Puerperal Pyrexia. | |||||||
| Typhoid or Enteric. | Continued Fever. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lambeth Church | 45,617 | 43,380 | 2,135 | — | 96 | 193 | 1 | 7 | — | — | 2 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 364 | 12 | 56 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Kennington | 44,957 | 44,110 | 995 | — | 66 | 170 | — | 4 | — | — | 5 | 18 | 1 | — | 8 | 113 | 32 | 62 | 752 | 1 | — | 6 |
| Stockwell | 63,806 | 64,960 | 1,375 | — | 139 | 97 | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 20 | 171 | 20 | 74 | 31 | 1 | — | 13 | |
| Brixton | 81,262 | 84,920 | 1,482 | — | 206 | 176 | — | 5 | — | 2 | 5 | 32 | — | 2 | 12 | 224 | 45 | 62 | 47 | 2 | — | 16 |
| Norwood | 67,318 | 70,330 | 1,029 | — | 152 | 131 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 68 | 24 | 41 | 36 | — | — | 9 |
| Totals | 302,960 | 307,700 | 7,016 | — | 659 | 767 | 2 | 23 | — | 7 | 22 | 128 | 7 | 7 | 55 | 940 | 133 | 295 | 203 | 5 | 1 | 57 |
| TABLE L. Table of Civil Population, Total Registered Births and New Cases of Infectious Sickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health (by notification), during the year 1927, in the Borough of Lambeth, classified according to Diseases and Localities. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Population at All Ages. | Total Registered Births, 1927. | New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during 1927. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Census 1921. | Estimated 1927 (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. | Cerebrospinal Fever. | Polio-myelitis Acuta. | Ophthalmia. | Measles. | German Measles. | Primary Pneumonia. | Influenzal Pneumonia. | Malaria. | ‡ Anthrax. | § Puerperal Pyrexia. | |||||||
| Typhoid or Enteric. | Continued Fever. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 45,617 | 43,380 | 2,135 | — | 96 | 193 | 1 | 7 | — | — | 2 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 364 | 12 | 56 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |
| 44,957 | 44,110 | 995 | — | 66 | 170 | — | 4 | — | — | 5 | 18 | 1 | — | 8 | 113 | 32 | 62 | 752 | 1 | — | 6 | |
| 63,806 | 64,960 | 1,375 | — | 139 | 97 | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 20 | 171 | 20 | 74 | 31 | 1 | — | 13 | ||
| 81,262 | 84,920 | 1,482 | — | 206 | 176 | — | 5 | — | 2 | 5 | 32 | — | 2 | 12 | 224 | 45 | 62 | 47 | 2 | — | 16 | |
| 67,318 | 70,330 | 1,029 | — | 152 | 131 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 68 | 24 | 41 | 36 | — | — | 9 | |
| Totals | 302,960 | 307,700 | 7,016 | — | 659 | 767 | 2 | 23 | — | 7 | 22 | 128 | 7 | 7 | 55 | 940 | 133 | 295 | 203 | 5 | 1 | 57 |
* Including 2 cases of paratyphoid lever † Including 1 case of post-basic meningitis. ‡ St. Thomas's Hospital case
(patient's address, Cricklewood).
§ Notifiable compulsorily since October 1st, 1926.