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Lambeth 1914
[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 during 1914, is as follow:—
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Total No. of Cases Notified. | Cases treated at Home. | Cases removed to Hospital. | No. of Deaths. | Case Mortality per 100. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Home. | In Hospial. | Total. | |||||
| Lambeth Church | 336 | 7 | 329 | - | 4 | 4 | 1.2 |
| Kennington | 308 | 8 | 300 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.9 |
| Stockwell | 321 | 28 | 293 | — | 4 | 4 | 1.2 |
| Brixton | 500 | 34 | 466 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.8 |
| Norwood | 280 | 19 | 261 | — | 1 | 1 | 0.4 |
Twelve Schools were disinfected during 1914 in connection with
scarlet fever cases notified amongst the scholars.
MEASLES AND WHOOPING COUGH.
In the Borough, during 1914, 58 and 40 corrected deaths
were registered from measles and whooping cough, giving corrected
death-rates per 10,000 of the populations of 1'9 and 13 respectively.
The Inner Districts suffered (deaths per 10,000 of the population)
more than the Outer Districts, thus:—
Inner. Outer.
Whooping Cough 2.5 0.5
Measles 2.9 1.2
Of the Registration Sub-Districts, Kennington suffered most,
and Norwood least, from measles, and Lambeth Church most,
and Norwood least, from whooping cough.
The annual average numbers of deaths from measles and
whooping cough respectively during the two decennia 1891-1900
(Parish) and 1901-1910 (Borough), are 145.6 and 110.4 (measles)
and 143.7 and 91.8 (whooping cough).