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Similar conclusions are obtainable by comparing the zymotic
death-rates and zymotic incidences for the different new Wards
of the Borough, as shewn in Table E, from which it is seen that,
of the 9 new Wards into which the Borough is now divided,
Bishop's, Vauxhall and Prince's show the highest, and Tulse
Hill, Herne Hill and Brixton the lowest, zymotic rates; and
Marsh, Bishop's, and Prince's the highest, and Norwood, Tulse
Hill, and Herne Hill the lowest, zymotic incidences respectively.
During the year 1904, under the Notification Clauses of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, 1,382 cases* of Infectious
Diseases have been reported, and of this number 964, i.e., 69.8
per cent. were removed to the Hospitals of the Asylums Board,
or to other Hospitals, and 418, i.e., 30.2 per cent. remained
under treatment at their homes. It is still satisfactory to note
the large percentage of cases removed to Hospital, showing
the growing favour with which the Isolation Hospitals are
being looked upon, and pointing to the fact that it is coming to
be more and more realised that infectious diseases cannot be properly
isolated in the homes of the people. The percentage removed
during 1904 is well above the average. Thus, since the
introduction of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, the percentages
of notified infectious cases (excluding chicken-pox)
removed from Lambeth are as follow:—
1891—36.6, 1895—30.4, 1899—61.2, 1903—64.2
1892—33.7, 1896—43.0, 1900—64.5, 1904—69.8
1893—23.0, 1897—49.0, 1901—66.1,
1894—33.9, 1898—55.9, 1902—70.3,
*556 cases of Chicken-pox were also notified by Medical Practitioners
during 1904, but no single case was removed to Hospital. For proper
comparison with previous years, these Chicken-pox cases have been omitted,
in dealing with the different Tables throughout the present Report, as was
the case in the last two years' Reports (1902-3). Chicken-pox was,
during 1904, compulsorily notifiable throughout the County of London
from April 8th to November 8th (seven calendar months).