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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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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 1907 is seen from the following:—
The distribution of the cases of, and the mortality from, Scarlet Fever amongst the different Registration Sub.Districts of the Borough of Lambeth during 1907 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 | 138 | 3 | 135 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 5.3 | |
| Lambeth Church | 146 | 25 | 121 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| Kennington | 207 | 3 | 204 | — | 7 | 7 | 34 | 3.8 |
| Stockwell | 436 | 1 | 435 | — | 16 | 16 | 3.7 | 6.5 |
| Brixton | 378 | 55 | 323 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.8 | 4.7 |
| Norwood | 176 | 37 | 139 | _ | 2 | 2 | 1.1 | 2.7 |
| Borough of Lambeth | 1481 | 124 | 1357 | 2 | 36 | 38 | 2.6 | 4.6 |
Rate of Persons notified per 1000 inhabitants—5.8 Inner Districts, and 3.7
Outer Districts.
Of the 135V cases removed to Hospital, 57.9 per cent, were
from the Inner, and 42.1 per cent, from the Outer, Districts.
In London, during 1907, there were registered 645 deaths
(uncorrected) out of a total of 25936 cases of Scarlet Fever
notified, giving a case.mortality of 2.5 per cent, (uncorrected).
As far as could. be traced, no Scarlatinal Milk outbreak
occurred in the Borough of Lambeth during 1907, but
three schools (St. Gabriel.s College, Sussex Road and Santley
Street L.C.C. Schools) had to be disinfected on account of outbreaks
of Scarlet Fever amongst the inmates.