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Lambeth 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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whilst the greatest number of both cases and de iths occurred1
amongst persons between 20 and 40 years of age.
Details as to incidence of the disease during 1913 upon the Registration of Sub-Districts of the Borough are as follow:—
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Total No. of Cases Notified. | Cases treated at Home. | Cases removed to Hospital. | No. of Deaths. | Case Mortalitv per 100. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Home. | In Hospital. | Total. | ||||||
| Lambeth Church | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | 0.0 | ||
| Kennington | 5 | — | 5 | — | — | — | 0.0 | |
| Stockwell | 8 | 1 | 7 | — | 2 | 2 | 25.0 | |
| Brixton | 6 | - | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 66.7 | |
| Norwood | 10 | 7 | 1 | - | 1 | 10.0 | ||
| Borough of Lambeth | 38 | 5 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18.4 | |
14 out of the 38 cases notified were traced to sources
outside the Borough, 7 were found not to be suffering from
the disease and 8 were secondary cases, i.e., derived from
previous cases (notified or unrecognised) as far as could
be discovered. No case could be traced definitely and
conclusively to infected ice-creams, water, milk, fried or
shell fish or watercress, though in 3 cases there was a
history of shell fish (mussels) having been consumed by
patients 2 to 3 weeks prior to their attacks.
Of the 34 typhoid-infected houses, 12 (i.e., 35.3 per cent.)
showed, on inspection, defective drains, traps, fittings, or
appliances, whilst in 1 (i.e., 2.9 per cent.), the drains
themselves were found to be defective (i.e., gave a result
with the test).