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Lambeth 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Of the 1,745 persons notified in the Borough during 1914,
1,649* (i.e., 94.5 per cent.), were removed to Hospital, and of these
13 died (i.e., 0.8 per cent.), whereas 96 (i.e., 5.5 per cent.) were
treated at home, and of these 3 died (i.e., 3.1 per cent.).
The age and sex incidence and mortality for the 1,745 scarlet fever cases notified in Lambeth Borough during 1914 are as follow:
| Age. | Number of Cases notified. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 100 Notified. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | Total. | |
| Under 1 year | 5 | 5 | 10 | - | - | - | 0.0 |
| 1 to 2 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4.3 |
| 2 to 3 | 31 | 48 | 79 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8.9 |
| 1 to 4 | 62 | 61 | 123 | — | 1 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 4 to 5 | 84 | 68 | 152 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.3 |
| 5 to 6 | 109 | 83 | 192 | — | 1 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 6 to 7 | 90 | 87 | 177 | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| 7 to 8 | 54 | 87 | 141 | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| 8 to 9 | 54 | 78 | 132 | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| 9 to 10 | 52 | 55 | 107 | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Over 10 years | 252 | 333 | 585 | — | 3 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Total | 817 | 928 | 1745 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 0.9 |
It will be noted that, of the total 1,745 persons reported as
suffering from scarlet fever during 1914, within the Borough of
Lambeth, 411 (i.e., 23.6 per cent.) were under five years of age,
and 1,160 (i.e., 6705 per cent.) under 10 years of age: whilst the
case mortality was greatest amongst those between 2 and 3 years
of age. Of the 585 persons over 10 years of age, 3 died (i.e., 0.5
per cent.).
During 1914, outbreaks of scarlet fever were investigated in
connection with 13 schools (infants' departments) and 14 absentees
(10 doubtful cases of sore throat and 4 of suspicious" peeling")
were visited and inquiries made in regard thereto, and the
children not allowed to return to school until furnished with
medical certificates.
* Of the 1,649 cases of Scarlet Fever removed to Hospital, 113 proved
at Hospital not to be suffering from that disease.