London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
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
This page requires JavaScript
The age and sex incidence and mortality for Typhoid cases notified in Lambeth Borough during 1905 are as follow:—
| Ages. | Number of Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 100. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | ||
| Under 1 year | — | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 to 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 to 10 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 1 | — | 1 | 6.3 |
| 10 to 20 | 14 | 4 | 18 | — | — | — | — |
| 20 to 40 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 6 | — | 6 | 20.0 |
| 40 to 60 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 27.3 |
| 60 and over | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 44 | 33 | 77 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 12.9 |
It will be noted that there were no cases notified and no
deaths registered in infants under 1 year of age; no deaths
registered amongst children between 1 and 5 years of age; whilst
the greatest numbers of both cases and deaths occurred amongst
adults between 20 and 60 years of age, and the mortalityrate
was greatest also amongst persons at the same age periods.
Sub dividing the Typhoid cases and deaths amongst the various
Registration Sub-Districts, it will again be seen that the casemortality
is lower in the Inner than in the Outer Districts, viz.,
7.9 per cent., as compared with 17.9 per cent. The reason for
this is not clear, as the contrary generally is the case, the casemortality
from infectious diseases being greater in the Inner,
more congested, and less sanitary Districts. The incidence of
the disease in the Inner and Outer Districts respectively during
1905 is as 2.7 to 1.
Details as to the incidence of the disease during 1905 upon
the different Registration Sub-districts of the Borough of
Lambeth are as follow:—