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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE K. Distribution of Cases Notified During the Year 1935.
| Notifiable Disease | Number of Cases Notified | Total Cases Notified in each Registration Sub-District | Total Cases Removed to Hospital | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages—Years | Lambeth North | Princes | Lambeth Central | Lambeth South | Lambeth North | Princes | Lambeth Central | Lambeth South | |||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | J5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | ||||||||||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | _ | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | -_ | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | _ |
| Diphtheria | 457 | 6 | 145 | 225 | 43 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 80 | 33 | 179 | 165 | 80 | 33 | 178 | 164 |
| Membranous Croup | 2 | _ | 2 | — | _ | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 130 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 53 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 47 | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 26 |
| Scarlet Fever | 865 | 10 | 217 | 492 | 83 | 52 | 11 | — | 92 | 61 | 326 | 386 | 89 | 58 | 303 | 357 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Puerperal Fever | 24 | — | — | — | 10 | 14 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | — | 6 | 5 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia Plague | 44 | — | — | — | 18 | 26 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 15 | 25 | — | — | 1 | 3 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 380 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 98 | 143 | 99 | 15 | 44 | 53 | 149 | 134 | — | — | — | — |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 87 | 1 | 13 | 29 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 35 | 34 | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Polio-myelitis | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | _ | _ | 5 | 5 | — | — | 5 | 5 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 41 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Measles | 168 | 18 | 86 | 58 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 21 | 51 | 58 | 38 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 5 |
| German Measles | 118 | 10 | 37 | 57 | 9 | 5 | — | — | 10 | 19 | 43 | 56 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Malaria | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | ||||||||||
| Primary Pneumonia (Acute) | 148 | 1 | 12 | 24 | 22 | 47 | 30 | 12 | 19 | 16 | 52 | 61 | 111 | 6 | 23 | 32 |
| Influenzal ,, (Acute) | 72 | — | 12 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 24 | 1 | — | 1 | 6 |
| Dysentery | 5 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | I | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Food Poisoning | 18 | — | — | — | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | — | 1 | |||
| Isolation Hospitals. Name and Situation.—Hospitals of the London County Council (one situated in the Lambeth Central Sub-District and Stock-well Ward of the Borough of Lambeth). Number of Diseases that can be concurrently treated—all usual notifiable infectious diseases and Whooping Cough. | ||||||||||||||||