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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 1903
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1903
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| 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 1000 Inhabitants. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Home. | In Hospital. | Total. | ||||||
| Waterloo Road 1st | 42 | 7 | 35 | — | 1 | 1 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| Waterloo Road 2nd | 27 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11.1 | |
| Lambeth Church 1st | 73 | 27 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| Lambeth Church 2nd | 56 | 3 | 53 | — | 6 | 6 | 10.7 | 1.4 |
| Kennington 1st | 105 | 7 | 98 | — | 1 | 1 | 0.9 | 1.9 |
| Kennington 2nd | 155 | 36 | 119 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2.6 | 3.5 |
| Brixton | 204 | 53 | 151 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| Norwood | 82 | 35 | 47 | — | — | — | — | 2.2 |
Rate of Persons notified per 1,000 inhabitants—2.3 Inner Districts, and 2.3
Outer Districts.
Of the 569 cases removed, 27.1 per cent, were from the Inner,
and 72.9 per cent. from the Outer, Districts.
In London, during 1903, there were registered 362 deaths out
of a total of 12,536 cases of Scarlet Fever notified, giving a casemortality
of 2.9 per cent. (uncorrected).
As far as could be traced, no Scarlatinal Milk outbreak
occurred in the Borough of Lambeth during 1903, and only one
school (Licensed Victuallers) had to be closed on account of an
outbreak of Scarlet Fever amongst the scholars.
This outbreak at the Licensed Victuallers School in Upper Kennington Lane occurred during the 4th quarter of the year—a total of 26 cases as follows:—
| Dates of Notification. | Boys. | Girls. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903. | 3 | — | 3 | |
| Oct. | 12 | 4 | 16 | |
| Nov. | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Dec. | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 17 | 9 | 26 | ||