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Lambeth 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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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 1907, 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 | 32 | 2 | 30 | - | 2 | 2 | 6.3 | 1.2 |
| Lambeth Church | 34 | 1 | 33 | — | 7 | 7 | 20.6 | 1.3 |
| Kennington | 58 | 13 | 45 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 13.8 | 1.1 |
| Stockwell | 62 | — | 62 | — | 9 | 9 | 14.5 | 0.9 |
| Brixton. | 90 | 21 | 69 | — | 17 | 17 | 18.9 | 1.1 |
| Norwood | 41 | 13 | 28 | — | 4 | 4 | 9.8 | 0.6 |
Rate of persons notified per 1000 inhabitants—1.2 Inner Districts, and
0 9 Outer Districts.
538 swabs from suspected diphtheria throats were examined
at the Laboratory during 1907, and, of these, 26, i.e., 4.8 percent.,
shewed the presence of the true Klebs.Loeffler (diphtheria)
bacilli (vide p. 172).
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 1907, 40 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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