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Lambeth 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality (e.g., Parish or Ward) of the District. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Lambetn Church. | Kennington. | Stock well. | Brixton. | Norwood. | ||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15.| | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards | ||||||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 769 | 12 | 318 | 319 | 59 | 57 | 4 | — | 194 | 170 | 98 | 176 | 131 | 751 |
| Erysipelas | 128 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 50 | 14 | 37 | 18 | 22 | 32 | 19 | 55 |
| Scarlet Fever | 659 | 7 | 203 | 362 | 51 | 32 | 4 | — | 96 | 66 | 139 | 206 | 152 | 617 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever (2 paratyphoid fever) | 23 | — | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | — | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 22 | -— | — | — | 5 | 17 | — | — | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia§ | 57 | — | — | — | 22 | 34 | 1 | — | 13 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 8 |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Pulmonarv Tuberculosis1 | 471 | — | 1 | 21 | 113 | 199 | 123 | 14 | 65 | 70 | 120 | 121 | 95 | — |
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis† | 100 | 2 | 21 | 27 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 20 | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever (1 post-basic meningitis) | 7 | — | — | — | 22 | 34 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 7 |
| Polio-myelitis acuta | 7 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 7 | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 55 | 55 | — | — | - | — | — | — | 11 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 6 |
| Measles | 941 | 64 | 653 | 202 | 14 | 7 | — | — | 365 | 113 | 171 | 224 | 68 | 208 |
| German Measles‡ | 133 | 8 | 34 | 76 | 11 | 3 | 1 | — | 12 | 32 | 20 | 45 | 24 | 1 |
| Malaria | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Anthrax | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Primary Pneumonia Acuta | 295 | 29 | 47 | 33 | 22 | 64 | 68 | 32 | 56 | 62 | 74 | 62 | 41 | 102 |
| Influenzal Pneumonia Acuta | 203 | 7 | 27 | 20 | 23 | 58 | 50 | 18 | 17 | 72 | 31 | 47 | 36 | 47 |
Borough of Lambeth. Total available beds provided by (he Board—8,555. Number of Diseases that can be concurrently treated—All usual notifiable infectious
dtseases and (partly) y tuberculosis, and notifications under Form C (419) and under Form D> (324) of the 1912 Regulations,
t Excluding all rcnotifications (9) of non-pulmonary tuberculosis, and notifications under Form ( (77) and under Form D (67) of the 1912 Regulations.
X Measles and German Measles became compulsorily notifiable within the Borough of Lambeth on January 1st, 1916, and are still compulsonly notifiable,
§ Notifiable compnlsorilv on October 1st, 1926,