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Lambeth 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Table showing the number of deaths from Epidemic Influenza in Lambeth Borough, and London, during 1910, and during ten years (1891-1900) in Lambeth Parish and London.
| Old Parish of Lambeth. | Average for 10 years. (1891-1900.) | Borough of Lambeth. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | |||
| 1910 | ||||||||||||
| Lambeth | 131 | 142 | 85 | 44 | 148 | 51 | 45 | 126 | 151 | 152 | 107.5 | 49 |
| London (including Lambeth. | 2336 | 2264 | 1526 | 750 | 2156 | 496 | 671 | 1283 | 1817 | 1950 | 1524.9 | 715 |
| N.B.—The term "Influenza" is too indefinite in medical practice to permit of any satisfactory deductions being drawn from the above statistics. | ||||||||||||
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM
(CONTAGIOUS OPHTHALMIA OF NEWLY
BORN INFANTS).
The London County Council during 1010 (November 8th),
applied to the Local Government Board for the inclusion
of the disease known as Ophthalmia Neonatorum (contagious
Ophthalmia of newly-born infants), amongst the compulsorily
notifiable diseases under the Acts—a procedure
recommended by the Medical Officer of Lambeth, but not
agreed to by the Council on the ground that warning letters
or pamphlets, sent to the occupiers of all houses wherein
births are notified, would meet the case, especially with the
more stringent rules now adopted by the London County
Council as the supervising authority under the regulations of
the Central Midwives' Board. The Local Government Board
approved on December 20th, the Order, made by the London
County Council extending the application of Section 55 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, in the Administrative
County of London, to Ophthalmia Neonatorum.