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Lambeth 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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the two decennia 1891-1900 (Parish) and 1901-1910
(Borough) are respectively (1) notified cases 1,331.3 and
1,105.1, and (2) deaths 48.8 and 31.4.
Of the 1,370 persons notified in the Borough during 1913,
1,212* (i.e., 88.5 per cent.), were removed to Hospital, and
of these 14 died (i.e., 1.2 per cent.) whereas 158 (i.e., 11.5
per cent.) were treated at home, and of these none died.
It will be noted that, of the total 1,370 persons reported
as suffering from scarlet fever during 1913, within the
.Of the 1212 cases of Scarlet Fever removed to Hospital, 82 proved
at Hospital not to be suffering from that disease.
The age and sex incidence and mortality for the 1,370 scarlet fever cases notified in Lambeth Borough during 1913 are as follow:—
| Age. | Number of Cases notified. | Deaths. | Death Rate per 100 Notified. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | Total. | |
| Under 1 year | 3 | 4 | 7 | - | - | - | 0.0 |
| 1 to 2 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 2 | - | 2 | 5.1 |
| 2 to 3 | 36 | 24 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3.3 |
| 3 to 4 | 47 | 56 | 103 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 4 to 5 | 34 | 67 | 101 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 5 to 6 | 76 | 64 | 140 | 2 | - | 2 | 1.4 |
| 6 to 7 | 61 | 84 | 145 | 1 | - | 1 | 0.7 |
| 7 to 8 | 67 | 60 | 127 | - | - | - | 0.0 |
| 8 to 9 | 48 | 56 | 104 | - | - | - | 0.0 |
| 9 to 10 | 36 | 59 | 95 | - | - | - | 0.0 |
| Over 10 years | 184 | 265 | 449 | 1 | - | 1 | 0.2 |
| Total | 612 | 758 | 1370 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 1.02 |