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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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The quarterly seasonal mortality (corrected) from the whole of the different important zymotic diseases (i.e., principal and others) during 1912 is as follows:—
| 1912. | Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | FEVER. | Diarrhœa. | Cholera. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Influenza. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typhus. | Typhoid or Enteric. | Continued or Relapsing. | |||||||||||||
| 1st Qr. | – | 3 | 9 | — | — | 7 | – | 8 | – | 23 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 888 |
| 2nd Qr. | — | 1 | 6 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 14 | — | 32 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 90 |
| 3rd Qr. | — | 2 | 6 | — | — | 2 | — | 45 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 91 |
| 4th Qr. | – | 3 | 8 | — | — | 3 | — | 15 | – | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 85 |
| Totals | – | 9 | 29 | – | — | 13 | 1 | 82 | 1 | 97 | 55 | 13 | 14 | 40 | 354 |
Taking the zymotic diseases collectively, it is noticed
that the 3rd quarter showed the highest mortality and the
4th quarter the lowest. Diphtheria and typhoid (or enteric)
reached their maxima in the 1st quarter; measles and
whooping-cough in the 2nd; diarrhoea and cholera in the
3rd; and erysipelas and influenza in the 4th. Scarlet fever
reached its maximum in the 1st and 4th quarters; and
puerperal fever in the 1st, 2nd and 4th.
Table K shews the zymotic seasonal variations in the
different Registration Sub-Districts, while Table N
gives the monthly mortalities from the zymotic diseases.
Table M gives the deaths registered in the Borough of
Lambeth from the seven principal zymotic diseases during
1911, and for the two decennia 1891-1900 (Parish) and 19011910
(Borough).