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1902.
Norwood District
(excluding Schools).
Schools.
January 1 –
February 3 –
March 4 –
April 1 1
(M., 2 yrs.)
May – 1
(F., 3 yrs.)
June – 1
(M., 22 mths.
Totals 9 3
Examining more in detail the Mortality Returns for the year
1902, I find that there have been, in addition, 11 deaths from
non-infectious diseases amongst the boys and girls at the Lambeth
Schools, viz.:—January, 1 (Dentition, male, 2 years); February
1 (Dentition, male, 2 yrs); May, 1 (Tabes Mesenterica, male 3
years); July, 1 (Tubercular Meningitis, female, 4 years);
September, 1 (Tubercular disease of the lungs, female, 10 years);
November, 1 (Struma, male, 10 years); December, 5(1, Dentition,
male, 21 months; 3, Bronchitis, males, 2, 3 and 3 years
respectively; and 1, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh, female, 4 years.)
All these details are important, as indicating the weak constitutions
of some of the children admitted into the Lambeth Schools. The
ages at death are also noteworthy, viz., 17 (out of 19) under 5
years, 15 under 4 years, 10 under 3 years, and 3 under 2 years of
age.
The deaths during the winter months from lung troubles
(bronchitis, etc.) may be in part explained by the absence of
proper warming appliances in the Main Buildings, Probationary
Wards, and Receiving Wards.
The total number of deaths from all causes in the Schools
during 1902 was 19, giving a very high mortality-rate of 31.7 per
1000, taking the average number of children in residence as 600,
as compared with 17.7 per 1000 for the whole of the Borough,
and 12.5 per 1000 for Norwood District as a whole. This is a
most serious state of affairs.
Taking the 3 deaths registered from Measles in connection with
the Schools during November and December, 1902, I find that
during the first two months (January and February) of 1903,8
more deaths from Measles have been registered among the children,
making a total of 11, and as this is a high mortality, more