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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 disease in the different Registration Sub-Districts of the Borough of Lambeth, together with the numbers of deaths amongst both hospital, and home-treated patients, &c., during 1914, are 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 Hospital. | Total. | |||||
| Lambeth Church | 78 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7.7 |
| Kennington | 91 | 7 | 84 | — | 10 | 10 | 10.9 |
| Stockwell | 129 | 25 | 104 | — | 9 | 9 | 6.9 |
| Brixton | 142 | 21 | 121 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 9.9 |
| Norwood | 110 | 20 | 90 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 10.0 |
MEMBRANOUS CROUP.
During 1914, in the Borough, 6 cases of membranous croup*
were notified, but no death was registered from the disease. 3 cases
were removed to hospital.
The annual averages for the decennium 1901-10 are (1) notified
cases 10.4, and (2) deaths 1.5.†
TYPHOID FEVER.
During 1914, 15 deaths were registered in the Borough from
typhoid (enteric) fever, and a total of 48 cases notified, giving a
case-mortality of 31.4 per cent. The annual averages for the two
decennia 1891-1900 (Parish) and 1901-1910 (Borough) are respectively,
(1) notified cases 189.7 and 100.5, and (2) deaths 34.7
and 16.7. Of the 48 cases notified in the Borough during 1914,
41J (i.e., 85.4 per cent.) were removed to hospital, and 14 died,
giving a case-mortality of 34.1 per cent, amongst the patients
treated in hospital; whilst 7 (i.e., 14.6 percent.) were treated at
home, and 1 died, giving a case-mortality of 14.3 per cent,
amongst the patients treated at home.
* Membranous Croup Notification Certificates received since the formation
of the new Borough 1901, 13; 1902, 15; 1903, 9; 1904, 11; 1905,
11; 1906, 11; 1907, 13; 1908,12; 1909,3; 1910,6; 1911,4; 1912,5;
1913, 7; and 1914, 6.
† In London Statistics Diphtheria and Membranous Croup are now
grouped together by the Registrar-General.
† Of the 41 cases of Typhoid Fever removed to hospital, 3 proved at
hospital not to be suffering from that disease.