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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 1905
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1905
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The attack-rate and death-rate of Scarlet Fever per 1,000 of the
population have been steadily decreasing during the last few
years in Lambeth Parish, and are below the average during 1905
in the Borough—a satisfactory condition of things, which seems
to point to the value of isolation (following notification) as the
chief preventive measure in this disease.
The age and sex incidence and mortality for the 1,025 Scarlet Fever cases notified in Lambeth Borough during 1905 are as follow:—
| Age. | Number of Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Death Rate per 100. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | ||
| Under 1 year | 6 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — |
| 1 to 2 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13.3 |
| 2 to 3 | 25 | 38 | 63 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9.5 |
| 3 to 4 | 46 | 30 | 76 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6.6 |
| 4 to 5 | 56 | 48 | 104 | — | 1 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 5 to 6 | 64 | 65 | 129 | — | 2 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 6 to 7 | 29 | 63 | 92 | 1 | 3 | 3.3 | |
| 7 to 8 | 46 | 46 | 92 | — | — | — | — |
| 8 to 9 | 28 | 26 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5.6 |
| 9 to 10 | 33 | 28 | 61 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4.9 |
| Over 10 years | 141 | 173 | 314 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.3 |
| Total | 486 | 539 | 1025 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 3.02 |
It will be noted that, of the total 1,025 persons reported as
suffering from Scarlet Fever during 1905 within the Borough of
Lambeth, 283 (i.e., 27.6 per cent.) were under five years of age,
and 711 (i.e., 69.4 per cent.) under 10 years of age: whilst the
mortality was greatest amongst those between 1 and 2 years
of age. Of the 314 persons over 10 years of age, 4 (i.e., 1.3
per cent.) died.