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PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Deaths from the principal Zymotic diseases registered in
Lambeth, and properly belonging thereto, number 707. In this
computation parishioners dying in public institutions situated
outside the boundaries of Lambeth, being chiefly the hospitals of
the Asylums Board, are included, while non-parishioners dying in
public institutions situated within the boundaries are excluded.
Calculated for the year, the Zymotic death rate of Lambeth is 2 8
per 1,000, the Metropolitan rate for the same period being 32
per 1,000.
During the year 1894, under the Notification Clauses of the
Public Health Act, 2,549 cases of infectious disease have been
reported. Of this number 865 were removed to the Hospitals of
the Asylums Board, and 1,684 remained under medical treatment
at their own homes. In accordance with the resolution of the
Vestry, a Sanitary Inspection was made and the drain test applied
in every infected house. The infected houses numbered 2,012,
two or more cases occasionally occurring under the same roof.
The sanitary defects discovered are grouped under two headings;
under the first is found a list of such defects as are referable to
the condition of traps, fittings, and appliances. The second has
special reference to the drains lying underground and to the soil
pipes. 1,089 houses are reported as subject to nuisances arising
from defects classed under one or both headings. In 464 houses
faults in connection with the drains permitted the escape of
sewage or sewage gas; but in 980 defects were observed in the
traps, fittings, and appliances. The existence of Scarlet Fever
was notified in 965 houses, and sanitary defects were discovered
in 530. Diphtheria made its appearance in 463 houses, and
sanitary defects were discovered in 261. Typhoid Fever caused
an examination to be made in 225 houses, and sanitary defects
were discovered in 132. Erysipelas invaded 229 houses, and sanitary
defects were discovered in 114. Continued Fever was reported
as present in 48 houses, and sanitary defects were discovered in
18. Croup appeared in 26 houses, and sanitary defects were
discovered in 7. Small Pox infected 22 houses, and sanitary
defects were discovered in 10. Diarrhoea, having been notified
under the designation of Cholera, attracted the attention of the
Inspectors to 10 houses, 4 of which were the subjects of
sanitary defects. Two houses were reported as being infected with
Typhus. Sanitary defects discovered in 1.