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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 1909
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1909
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The distribution of the disease in the different new Registration Sub-Districts of the Borough of Lambeth, together with the numbers of deaths amongst both hospital-, and home-treated patients, etc., during 1909 are as follows:
| New 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 | 30 | - | 30 | - | 4 | 4 | 13.3 | 1.2 |
| Lambeth Church | 30 | - | 30 | - | 7 | 7 | 23.3 | 1.1 |
| Kennington | 79 | 5 | 74 | - | 8 | 8 | 10.3 | 1.4 |
| Stockwell | 68 | 1 | 67 | - | 7 | 7 | 10.3 | 1.0 |
| Brixton | 97 | 9 | 88 | - | 20 | 20 | 20.6 | 1.2 |
| Norwood | 69 | 12 | 57 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 15.9 | 10.3 |
Rate of persons notified per 1000 inhabitants—1.2 Inner
Districts, and 1.1 Outer Districts.
Of the 346 cases removed to Hospital, 46.8 per cent. were
from the Inner, and 53.2 per cent. from the Outer, Districts.
551 swabs from suspected diphtheria throats were examined
at the Bacteriological Laboratory during 1909, and,
of these, 20 i.e., 3.6 per cent., showed the presence of the
true Klebs-Læffer (diphtheria) bacilli (vide p. 191).
The value of antitoxin* as a remedy for Diphtheria is now
acknowledged, more especially when used in the early stages
of the disease, e.g., first or second days. During 1909, 59
vials have been distributed gratuitously in Lambeth Borough
by the Council for use by Medical Practitioners—a procedure
now officially approved by the Local Government Board.
*Antitoxin first gratuitously distributed in Lambeth by the late
Vestry on August 3rd, 1899.
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