London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
This page requires JavaScript
44
45
TABLE N. Shewing the number of Deaths (corrected) from the 7 principal zymotic diseases in the Borough of Lambeth during 1914 and during the decennium 1901-1910, together with the yearly averages during the two decennia 1891-1900 (Parish) and 1901-1910 (Borough).
| Disease. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | Annual average of ten years 1901.1910 (Borough). | Annual average of ten years 1891-1900 (Parish). | Total (corrected) Deaths in 1914. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 4 | 60 | 4 | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | 6.8 | 1.1 | — | |
| Scarlet Fever | 39 | 48 | 23 | 16 | 31 | 28 | 38 | 42 | 27 | 22 | 31.4 | 48.8 | 16 | |
| Diphtheria | 47 | 49 | 28 | 33 | 37 | 49 | 47 | 44 | 57 | 25 | 41.6 | 124.5 | 50 | |
| Membranous Croup | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 6.8 | — | |
| Fever | Typhus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 0.3 | — |
| Typhoid or Enteric | 23 | 38 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 16.7 | 34.7 | 15 | |
| Continued and Relapsing | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 0.7 | 1.7 | — | |
| Diarrhœa | 272 | 159 | 160 | 265 | 176 | 268 | 71 | 150 | 118 | 90 | 172.9 | 196.5 | 196 | |
| Cholera | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1.3 | 8.8 | — | |
| Measles | 119 | 84 | 130 | 164 | 96 | 77 | 107 | 101 | 104 | 122 | 110.4 | 145.6 | 58 | |
| Whooping Cough | 115 | 118 | 126 | 109 | 79 | 71 | 111 | 50 | 85 | 54 | 91.8 | 143.7 | 40 | |