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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Sub-divided according to the different notifiable diseases the results for 1913 show as follow:-
| Disease. | No. of Infected Houses. | Number shewing Defects as to | Percentage shewing Total Defects. | Percentage shewing no Defects. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drains. | Traps, Fittings and Appliances. | Total. | ||||
| Smallpox | — | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | — | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 365 | 25 | 183 | 208 | 56.9 | 43.1 |
| Membranous Croup | 7 | — | 4 | 4 | 57.1 | 42.9 |
| Erysipelas | 206 | 8 | 95 | 103 | 50.0 | 50.0 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1227 | 73 | 554 | 627 | 511 | 48.9 |
| Typhus | — | — | — | - | - | - |
| Typhoid | 34 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 35.3 | 64.7 |
| Continued | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
| Puerperal | 25 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 20.0 | 80.0 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 7 | — | 3 | 3 | 42.9 | 57.1 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 50.0 | 50.0 | |
| Totals | 1879 | 110 | 857 | 967 | 51.5 | 48.5 |
N.B.—56 ophthalmia neonatorum and 1037 whooping cough
infected houses are omitted, no systematic sanitary examinations
being made in those cases.