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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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It will be noted that there was only one case notified, and no
death registered, in infants under 1 year of age ; two cases
notified, and one death registered, amongst children between 1
and 5 years of age; whilst the greatest numbers of both cases
and deaths occurred amongst persons between 10 and 40 years
of age, and the mortality-rate was high also amongst persons
at the same age periods.
Sub dividing the Typhoid cases and deaths amongst the various
Registration Sub-Districts, it will again be seen that the casemortality
is lower in the Inner than in the Outer Districts, viz.,
17.3 per cent., as compared with 35.1 per cent. The reason for
this is not clear, as the contrary generally is the case, the casemortality
from infectious diseases being greater in the Inner,
more congested, and less sanitary Districts. The incidence of
the disease per 1000 inhabitants in the Inner and Outer Districts
respectively during 1906 is as 4 to 1.
Details as to the incidence of the disease during 1906 upon the different Registration Sub-districts of the Borough of Lambeth 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. | Rate of Persons Notified per 10,000 Inhabitants, | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Home. | In Hospital. | Total. | ||||||
| Waterloo Road 1st | 22 | 2 | 20 | — | 5 | 5 | 22.7 | 1.02 |
| Waterloo Road 2nd | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 20.0 | |
| Lambeth Church 1st | 12 | 2 | 10 | — | 1 | 1 | 8.3 | 0.7 |
| Lambeth Church 2nd | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15.4 | 0.3 |
| Kenning ton 1st | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 100.0 | 0.1 | |
| Kenning ton 2nd | 13 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 23.1 | 0.3 |
| Brixton | 15 | 5 | 10 | — | 4 | 4 | 26.7 | 0.2 |
| Norwood | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 0.07 |
| Borough of Lambeth | 89 | 19 | 70 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 247 | 0.3 |