Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF LAMBETH
DURING THE YEAR 1908.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES. | CASES NOTIFIED IN WHOLE DISTRICT. | TOTAL CASES NOTIFIED IN EACH NEW LOCALITY. | NO. OF CASES REMOVED TO HOSPITAL FROM EACH NEW LOCALITY. | ||||||||||||||||
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All Ages. | At Ages-Years. | Waterloo. | Lambeth Church. | Kennington. | Stock weil. | Brixton. | Norwood. | Waterloo. | Lambeth Church. | Kennington | Stockwell. | Brixton. | Norwood. | ||||||
Under 1 | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||||||
Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
Diptheria | 320 | 8 | 123 | 144 | 21 | 40 | 27 | 67 | 78 | 56 | 52 | 38 | 67 | 71 | 44 | 36 | |||
Membranous Croup | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Erysipelas | 206 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 134 | 22 | 19 | 27 | 53 | 42 | 49 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 4 |
Scarlet Fever | 1428 | 15 | 353 | 857 | 139 | 64 | - | 69 | 106 | 207 | 403 | 357 | 226 | 69 | 86 | 202 | 435 | 325 | 186 |
Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Enteric hever | 63 | - | 11 | 14 | 35 | - | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 1 | |
Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | _ | _ | - | _ | |
Continued Fever | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
Puerperal Fever | 10 | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 | _ |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 7 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 7 | - | 1 | - |
Totals | 2056 | 40 | 496 | 1038 | 198 | 261 | 23 | 139 | 171 | 350 | 598 | 491 | 307 | 124 | 133 | 309 | 533 | 403 | 227 |
Note.—(a) The localities adopted for this table are the same as those in Tables ii. and iv.
(b) Patients are removed lo the Isolation Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, one of which is
situated in Brixton Registration Sub-district.