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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 1902
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1902
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It will be noted that of the total 1,330 persons reported as
suffering from Scarlet Fever during 1902 within the Borough of
Lambeth, 411 (i.e., 30.9 per cent.) were under five years of age,
and 1,009 (i.e., 75.9 per cent.) under 10 years of age; whilst the
mortality was greatest amongst those between the ages 1 to 5
years (viz., 56.3 per cent.). Of the 321 persons over 10 years of
age, 5 (i.e., 1.6 per cent.) died.
The distribution of the cases of, and the mortality from, Scarlet Fever amongst the different Registration Sub-Districts of the Borough of Lambeth is seen from the following:—
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Total No. of cases Notified. | Cases treated at Home. | Cases removed to Hospital. | No. of Deaths. | Case Mortality per 100. | Rate of Persons Notified per 1,000 Inhabitants. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Home. | In Hospital. | Total. | ||||||
| Waterloo Road 1st | 83 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | ||
| Waterloo Road 2nd | 21 | 4 | 17 | - | 1 | 4.8 | ||
| Lambeth Church 1st | 107 | 29 | 78 | - | 1 | 1 | 0.9 | 5.8 |
| Lambeth Church 2nd | 213 | 18 | 195 | - | 14 | 14 | 6.6 | 5.3 |
| Kennington 1st | 269 | 47 | 222 | - | 12 | 12 | 4.5 | 5.01 |
| Kennington 2nd | 257 | 78 | 179 | 4 | 7 | 2.7 | 5.9 | |
| Brixton | 314 | 56 | 258 | 8 | 9 | 2.9 | 3.7 | |
| Norwood | 66 | 38 | 28 | - | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 1330 | 274 | 1056 | 48 | |||||
Rate of Persons notified per 1,000 inhabitants—4.9 Inner Districts, and 4 2
Outer Districts.
As far as could be traced, no Scarlatinal Milk outbreak
occurred in the Borough of Lambeth during 1902. and no school
had to be closed on account of an outbreak of Scarlet Fever
amongst the scholars.
Of the 1,056 cases removed, 34.9 per cent. were from the Inner
and 65.1 per cent. from the Outer Districts.
In London during 1902 there were registered 560 deaths out
of a total of 18,246 cases of Scarlet Fever notified, giving a casemortality
of 3.1 per cent. (uncorrected).