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Similar conclusions are obtainable by comparing the
zymotic death-rates and zymotic incidences for the different
new Wards of the Borough, as shewn in Table F, from
which it is seen that, of the 9 new Wards into which the
Borough is now divided, Bishop's shows the highest and
Tulse Hill the lowest, zymotic death-rates, and' zymotic
incidences, respectively.
During the year 1909, under the Notification Clauses of
the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, 1809 cases of Infectious
Diseases have been reported, and of this number 1554,
i.e., 85.9 per cent., were removed to the Hospitals of the
Asylums Board1, or to other Hospitals, and 255, i.e., 14.1
per cent., remained under treatment at their homes. It is
again satisfactory to note the very large percentage (larger
than ever before) of cases removed to Hospital, showing the
growing favour with which the Isolation Hospitals are being
looked upon, and pointing to the fact that it is coining to be
more and more realised that infectious disease cannot be
properly isolated, and, therefore, ought not to be isolated, in
the homes of the people. The percentage removed during
1909 is well above the average. Thus since the introduction
of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, the percentage of
notified infectious cases (excluding chicken-pox and cerebrospinal
meningitis) removed from Lambeth are as follow :—
1891— -36.6, 1896—43.0, 1901—66.1, 1906—76.8
1892—33.7, 1897—49.0, 1902--70.3, 1907—81.6
1893—23.0, 1898—55.9, 1903—64.2, 1908—84.3
1894—33.9, 1899—61.2, 1904-69.8, 1909—86.02
1895—30.4, 1900—64.5, 1905—68.9,
Examining the removals more in detail (e.g., nature oi
disease), it is seen that during 1909, in the Borough ol
Lambeth, the following are the percentages:—