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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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In London during 1895 there were registered 829 deaths
out of a total of 20,654 cases of scarlet fever notified,
giving a case mortality of 4.01 %.
The number of scarlet fever cases notified in Lambeth during the year was 1,389, as compared with 1,198 for 1894, and an annual average of 1,457 for the five years, 1890 to 1894. No scarlatinal milk outbreak occurred during 1895.
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Total No. of Cases notified | Cases treated at Home | Cases remov-ed to Hospital | No. of Deaths. | Case Mortality per 100 | Rate of Persons Notified per 1000 Inhabitants. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Home. | InHospital | ||||||
| Waterloo Road, 1st | 63 | 36 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1.6 | 4.7 |
| Waterloo Road, 2nd | 90 | 49 | 41 | 3 | 4 | 7.8 | 6.9 |
| Lambeth Church, 1st | 63 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9.5 | 3.7 |
| Lambeth Church, 2nd | 135 | 58 | 77 | 2 | 7 | 6.7 | 3.5 |
| Kennington, 1st | 234 | 137 | 97 | 3 | 3 | 2.6 | 4.4 |
| Kennington, 2nd | 199 | 137 | 62 | 1 | 3 | 2.01 | 4.8 |
| Brixton | 404 | 310 | 94 | 5 | 10 | 3.7 | 5.2 |
| Norwood | 201 | 136 | 65 | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 6.9 |
| Lambeth | 1389 | 911 | 478 | 21 | 32 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
The want of sufficient hospital accommodation was
chiefly felt in regard to scarlet fever, and was, undoubtedly,
the cause of the cases increasing in numbers, many of the
patients left at home having practically no efficient means
of isolation, with the result that the disease spread.