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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 614 deaths out of a total of 3710 cases of typhoid notified, giving a case mortality of 16.5%.
| 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. | InHospital | ||||||
| Waterloo Road, 1st | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13.9 | 10.4 |
| Waterloo Road, 2nd | 26 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18.9 |
| Lambeth Church, 1st | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 5.9 |
| Lambeth Church, 2nd | 29 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 10.3 | 7.5 |
| Kennington, 1st | 30 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 5.7 |
| Kennington, 2nd | 27 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 22.2 | 6.4 |
| Brixton | 48 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 14.6 | 6.1 |
| Norwood | 17 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
| Lambeth | 201 | 139 | 62 | 16 | 10 | 12.9 | 7.06 |
Typhoid Fever in a district is considered as a sanitary
index—the more typhoid, and the less sanitary the District,
and vice versa. On this assumption Lambeth shews, during
1895, a satisfactory return.
Typhus and Continued Fever are generally bracketted
with Typhoid under the heading "fever." During 1895,
there were in Lambeth no cases notified, and no deaths
registered, from typhus, and only 20 cases notified, and
two deaths registered, from continued fever, whilst there
were in London five deaths registered from typhus, out of a
total of 15 cases notified (i.e., 33.3% case mortality), and
10 deaths from continued fever out of 107 cases notified
(i.e., 9.3% case mortality).