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Lambeth 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, The Vestry of the Parish of]
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SCARLET FEVEK.
During 1900, 20 deaths were registered from Scarlet
Fever, as compared with 25 during 1899, and an annual
average of 573 for the last 10 years (1899-1900), 821 cases
were notified, as compared with an annual average of 1361.8
for the 10 years 1890-99; and of these 821 patients, 604
were treated in hospital, and 217 at their own homes. The
case mortality is, therefore, 2.4%, varying in different
Registration Sub-districts (an average of 1.5 for the Inner
as compared with 31 for the Outer), and from 3.7 to 1.9
according as the cases were treated at home or in hospital
respectively.
The age and sex incidence and mortality for scarlet fever cases notified in Lambeth during 1900 are as follows:—
| Ages. | Number of Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Death rate per 100. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | ||
| Under 1 year | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1l.l |
| 1 to 2 | 20 | 12 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9.4 |
| 2 to 3 | 26 | 16 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11.9 |
| 3 to 4 | 37 | 39 | 76 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 4 to 5 | 41 | 31 | 72 | 3 | ... | 3 | 4.2 |
| 5 to 6 | 28 | 46 | 74 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 6 to 7 | 32 | 42 | 74 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1.4 |
| 7 to 8 | 30 | 29 | 59 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1.7 |
| 8 to 9 | 28 | 26 | 54 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1.9 |
| 9 to 10 | 37 | 37 | 74 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Over 10 years | 135 | 120 | 255 | 1 | ... | 1 | 0.4 |
| Total | 418 | 403 | 821 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 2.4 |