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71
ERYSIPELAS.
During 1909, in the Borough of Lambeth, 189 cases ol
Erysipelas were notified, and 11 deaths registered, giving a
case-mortality of 5.8 per cent. Of the 189 cases 61 (i.e.,
32.3 per cent.) were removed to Hospital, and of these fcl
cases, 46 (i.e., 75.4 per cent.) came from the Inner, and 15
(i.e., 24.6 per cent.) from the Outer Districts. The yearly
averages for the 10 years (1891-1900) in the Parish of Lambeth
are (lj notified case, 347 ; and (2) deaths, 17.5.
In London, during 1909, there were registered 176 deaths(uncorrected)
out of a total of 4194 cases of Erysipelas notified
(uncorrected), giving a case-mortality of 4.2 per cent,
(uncorrected).
The advantages from the notification of Erysipelas are
few, and the majority of cases notified as Erysipelas are not
such as were contemplated by the framers of the Notification
Act.
The details as to the incidence of the two diseases, Puerperal
Fever and Erysipelas, in the different New Registration
Sub-Districts of Lambeth Borough during 1909 arc as
follow : —