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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, The Vestry of the Parish of]
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In London during 1900 there were registered 756 deaths out of a total of 4,309 cases of Typhoid notified, giving an uncorrected case mortality of 17'5% .
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Total No. of Cases notified. | Cases treated at Home. | Cases removed to Hospital. | Case Mortality per loo. | No. of Deaths. | Kate of persons Notified per 10,000 Inhabitants. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Home. | In Hospital | Total. | ||||||
| Waterloo Rd. 1st | 5 | — | 5 | 33.3 | — | 2 | 2 | 3.5 |
| Waterloo ,, 2nd | 15 | 7 | 8 | 36.4 | — | — | — | 10.9 |
| Lambeth Ch. 1st | 13 | o | 11 | 23.8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6.7 |
| Lambeth Ch. 2nd | 54 | 12 | 42 | 250 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 12.7 |
| Kennington 1st | 73 | 1 | 72 | 20.0 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 13.5 |
| Kennington 2nd | 49 | 31 | 18 | 21.2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10.6 |
| Brixton | 43 | 18 | 25 | 20.8 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4.8 |
| Norwood | 20 | 13 | 7 | 20.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6.2 |
| District not stated | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — |
The case mortality was slightly higher in the Inner than
the Outer Districts, viz., 21.8% as compared with 18.9%.
The increase in the numbers notified during 1900 was
due to an outbreak in Vauxhall Ward, traced to infected
mangles. (See Appendix pp. 55-65.)
CONTINUED AND TYPHUS FEVERS.
During 1900, 17 cases were notified in Lambeth, and
one death was registered from Continued Fever, as compared
with 73 cases notified and 7 death registered (i.e.,
9.6% uncorrected case mortality) in London.
No case of Typhus was notified in Lambeth. 7 cases
were notified in London, and 2 deaths registered, from
Typhus during 1900, giving a case mortality of 28.6%
(uncorrected).