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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE L (I). Shewing the total cases notified compulsorily under the Compulsory Notification Clauses of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, in the Borough of Lambeth, during 1912 (arranged Quarterly).
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total for 1912. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cholera | – | – | – | – | – |
| Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – |
| Scarlet Fever | 160 | 99 | 144 | 201 | 604 |
| Diphtheria | 93 | 82 | 72 | 81 | 328 |
| Membranous Croup | — | — | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Typhus | – | – | – | — | – |
| Typhoid or Enteric | 30 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 61 |
| Continued or Relapsing Fever | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 54 | 58 | 51 | 53 | 216 |
| Puerperal | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| *Plague | – | – | – | – | – |
| *Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | 7 |
| *Poliomyelitis acuta | — | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| *Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 21 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 76 |
| *Chicken Pox | — | – | — | — | — |
| Totals | 367 | 282 | 314 | 369 | 1332 |
*Plague was made compulsorily notifiable on Sept. 19th, 1900, Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis on March 12th, 1907,
Poliomyelitis acuta on September 1st, 1911, and Ophthalmia Neonatorum on March 13th, 1911. Chicken-pox was
compulsorily notifiable as follows: 1902 (Feb. 7th to Dec 31st), 1903 (Jan. 1st to 6th), 1904 (April 8th to Nov. 8th),
and 1911 (March 22nd to June 22nd), the numbers of cases notified being respectively 1560, 40, 556 and 238.