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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE L. Statistics of Notifiable Diseases.
| Cases notified | Attack-rate per 1,000 | Deaths registered | Case mortality per 100 | Cases removed to hospital | Per cent, of cases removed | Infected houses | Annual Average of cases notified 1921-1930 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Smallpox | 126 | 0.436 | — | — | 101 | 80.15 | 71 | 17.4 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1,332 | 4.609 | 4 | 0.30 | 1,254 | 94.14 | 1,206 | 1,056.5 |
| Diphtheria | 556 | 1.924 | 26 | 4.68 | 551 | 99.10 | 480 | 732.3 |
| Membranous Croup | 1 | 0.0035 | — | — | 1 | 100.00 | 1 | 2.9 |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric | 9 | 0.031 | 1 | 11.11 | 9 | 100.00 | 6 | 18.4 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 167 | 0.578 | 9 | 5.39 | 104 | 62.27 | 166 | 123.2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 22 | 0.061 | 5 | 22.73 | 21 | 95.45 | 22 | 28.7 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 47 | 0.163 | 2 | 4.26 | 32 | 68.04 | 46 | 48.8 |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| •Cerebrospinal Fever | 11 | 0.038 | 5 | 45.45 | 11 | 100.00 | 11 | 6.3 |
| Polio-myelitis | 5 | 0.017 | — | — | 5 | 100.00 | 5 | 5.4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 30 | 0.104 | 1 | 3.33 | 6 | 20.00 | 30 | 56.2 |
| Measles | 546 | 1.889 | 11 | 2.01 | 97 | 17.76 | 485 | 2,532.6 |
| German Measles | 1,262 | 4.367 | — | — | 126 | 9.98 | 1,125 | 425.1 |
| Tuberculosis— | ||||||||
| Pulmonary (primary) | 435 | 1.505 | 245 | — | — | — | — | 507.6 |
| Non-pulmonary (primary) | 82 | 0.284 | 29 | — | — | — | — | 104.3 |
| Malaria | 1 | 0.0035 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6.2 |
| Dysentery | 5 | 0.017 | — | — | 4 | 80.00 | — | 1.3 |
| Primary Pneumonia (Acute) | 245 | 0.848 | 45 | 18.37 | 95 | 38.77 | 244 | 228.2 |
| Influenzal Pneumonia (Acute) | 211 | 0.731 | 61 | 28.91 | 45 | 21.32 | 207 | 123.0 |
| | Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | 0.0069 | 4 | — | 1 | 50.00 | 2 | 11.1 |
| Trench Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2 |
| J Food Poisoning | 32 | 0.111 | — | — | 4 | 12.50 | 30 | — |
* Including 1 case of Post-basic Meningitis. † ncluding 2 deaths from Post Encephalitis Lethargica.
‡ Compulsorily notifiable from September, 1932.
N.B.—Of the cases originally notified during 1933, the following were found afterwards not to be suffering from the diseases
notified : -Diphtheria, 77; Scarlet Fever, 60; Measles, 16; German Measles, 3; Puerperal Fever, 1; Puerperal Pyrexia, 1.