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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 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]

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Table: The distribution of the cases of, and the mortality from, Scarlet Fever amongst the different Registration Sub.Districts of the Borough of Lambeth during 1906 is seen from the following:—

The distribution of the cases of, and the mortality from, Scarlet Fever amongst the different Registration Sub.Districts of the Borough of Lambeth during 1906 is seen from the following:—

Registration Sub. Districts.Total No. of Cases Notified.Cases treated at Home.Cases removed to Hospital.No. of Deaths.Case Mortality per 100.Rate of Persons Notified per 1000 Inhabitants.
At Home.In Hospital.Total.
Waterloo Road 1st661155.33555.3
Waterloo Road 2nd744701122.9
Lambeth Church 1st75372—111.44.1
Lambeth Church 2nd17521154—663.94.4
Kenning ton 1st173141591342.53.2
Kenning ton 2nd178361421232.13.8
Brixton33830308—772.33.7
Norwood18934155—221.34.7
Borough of Lambeth12681531115325282 2401

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Rate of Persons notified per 1000 inhabitants 6 Inner Districts, and 3 8
Outer Districts.
Of the 1115 cases removed to Hospital, 31.5 per cent, were
from the Inner, and 68.5 per cent, from the Outer, Districts.
In London, during 1906, there were registered 533 deaths out
of a total of 20343 cases of Scarlet Fever notified, giving a case.
mortality of 2.6 per cent, (uncorrected).
As far as could be traced, no Scarlatinal Milk outbreak
occurred in the Borough of Lambeth during 1906, but
nine schools (Adding ton Street, Church Street, Priory Grove,
St. Michael's, Woodland Road, Stockwell College and three
private) had to be disinfected on account of outbreaks of Scarlet
Fever amongst the inmates.