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SCARLET FEVER.
During 1902, in the Borough of Lambeth, 1,330 cases of
Scarlet Fever were notified, and 48 deaths registered, giving a
case-mortality of 3.6 per cent.—4.5 for the Inner, and 3.2 for the
Outer Districts. In 1901, there were 1041 cases notified and
39 deaths registered, i.e., a case-mortality of 3.2 per cent.—4.7
for the Inner, and 3.2 for the Outer Districts. The annual averages
for 10 years (1891-1900) in the old Parish of Lambeth are
(1) notified cases 1331.3, and (2) deaths, 53.6.
Of the 1330 persons notified in the Borough of Lambeth
during 1902, 1,056 (i.e., 79.4 percent.) were removed to Hospital,
and of these, 43 died (i.e., 4.1 per cent.), whereas 274 (i.e., 20.6
per cent.) were treated at home, and of these 5 died (i.e., 1.8
per cent.). This difference in case mortality as between
Hospital and home-treated patients is to be explained by the
greater severity of the cases sent to Hospital.
The attack-rate and death-rate of Scarlet Fever per 1000 of
the population have been steadily decreasing during the last few
years in Lambeth Parish, and are below the average during 1902
in the Borough—a satisfactory condition of things, which seems
to point to the value of isolation (following notification) as chief
preventative measures in this disease.

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