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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 distribution of the cases of, and the mortality from, Scarlet Fever amongst the different Registration Sub-Districts of the Borough of Lambeth during 1905 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 1000 Inhabitants. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Home. | In Hospital. | Total. | ||||||
| Waterloo Road 1st | 47 | — | 47 | — | — | — | — | 3.6 |
| Waterloo Road 2nd | 50 | — | 50 | — | 3 | 3 | 6.0 | |
| Lambeth Church 1st | 101 | 2 | 99 | — | — | — | — | 5.5 |
| Lambeth Church 2nd | 89 | 14 | 75 | — | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 2.2 |
| Kennington 1st | 159 | 9 | 150 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
| Kennington 2nd | 195 | 67 | 128 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
| Brixton | 260 | 77 | 183 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4.2 | 2.9 |
| Norwood | 124 | 35 | 89 | — | 3 | 3 | 2.4 | 3.1 |
| Borough of Lambeth | 1025 | 204 | 821 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 3 .02 | 3.3 |
Rate of Persons notified per 1,000 inhabitants—3'4 Inner Districts, and 3 2
Outer Districts.
Of the 821 cases removed to Hospital, 33.01 per cent. were
from the Inner, and 66.99 per cent. from the Outer, Districts.
In London, during 1905, there were registered 549 deaths out
of a total of 19,467 cases of Scarlet Fever notified, giving a casemortality
of 2.8 per cent, (uncorrected).
As far as could be traced, no Scarlatinal Milk outbreak
occurred in the Borough of Lambeth during 1905, but three
schools (Lyham Road and Salter's Hill L.C.C. Schools and the
Norwood Parochial Schools) had to be dealt with specially on
account of outbreaks of Scarlet Fever amongst the inmates. The
disease first broke out in Norwood at the L.C.C. Schools, and was