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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 1895
Report on vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1895...
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Districts, and from 2.3% to 6.7% 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 1895 are as follows:—
| Ages | Number of Cases Notified | Deaths | Death rate* per 100 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | ||
| Under 1 year | 8 | 15 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 25.0 |
| 1 to 2 | 25 | 30 | 55 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16.7 |
| 2 to 3 | 47 | 43 | 90 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 12.6 |
| 3 to 4 | 50 | 46 | 96 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8.9 |
| 4 to 5 | 61 | 75 | 136 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.4 |
| 5 to 6 | 58 | 73 | 131 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4.4 |
| 6 to 7 | 56 | 55 | 111 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 7 to 8 | 57 | 74 | 131 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 8 to 9 | 56 | 48 | 104 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 9 to 10 | 57 | 77 | 134 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Over 10 years | 150 | 171 | 321 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Age not stated | 38 | 19 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ... |
| Total | 663 | 726 | 1389 | 25 | 28 | 53 | 3.8 |
| *In 57 cases the ages are not given, but in calculating percentages, there 57 cases have been equally distributed amongst the different age-periods. | |||||||