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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 1904
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1904
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The distribution of the cases of, and the mortality from, Scarlet Fever amongst the different Registration Sub-Districts of the Borough of Lambeth during 1904 is seen from the following:—
| Registration SubDistricts. | 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 1000 Inhabitants. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Home. | In Hospital. | Total. | ||||||
| Waterloo Road 1st | 54 | 7 | 47 | - | 5 | 5 | 9.3 | 2.9 |
| Waterloo Road 2nd | 25 | 2 | 23 | — | — | — | — | |
| Lambeth Church 1st | 19 | 3 | 16 | — | — | — | — | 1.03 |
| Lambeth Church 2nd | 84 | 17 | 67 | — | 4 | 4 | 4.8 | 2.1 |
| Kennington 1st | 72 | 1 | 71 | - | 1 | 1 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Kennington 2nd | 186 | 30 | 156 | — | 3 | 3 | 1.6 | 4.2 |
| Brixton | 171 | 35 | 136 | — | 3 | 3 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| Norwood | 49 | 16 | 33 | — | — | — | — | 1.3 |
| Borough of Lambeth | 660 | 111 | 549 | — | 16 | 16 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
Rate of Persons notified per 1,000 inhabitants—2.1 Inner Districts, and 2.1
Outer Districts.
Of the 549 cases removed, 27.9 per cent. were from the Inner,
and 72.1 per cent. from the Outer, Districts.
In London, during 1904, there were registered 365 deaths out
of a total of 13,435 cases of Scarlet Fever notified, giving a casemortality
of 2.7 per cent. (uncorrected).
As far as could be traced, no Scarlatinal Milk outbreak
occurred in the Borough of Lambeth during 1904, and only one
school (Stockwell Orphanage) had to be dealt with specially on
account of an outbreak of Scarlet Fever amongst the scholars.
The outbreak at Stockwell Orphanage was a somewhat serious
one, the disease being introduced, in the first place, from without,
and spreading afterwards by contact from scholar to scholar.
The outbreak began in 1903 (last quarter), and continued during
1904, as follows :—