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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 age and sex incidence and mortality for Typhoid cases notified in Lambeth Borough during 1904 are as follow:—
| Ages. | Number of Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 100. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | ||
| Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 to 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 to 10 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 1 | — | 1 | 6.3 |
| 10 to 20 | 13 | 10 | 23 | — | — | — | — |
| 20 to 40 | 27 | 22 | 49 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18.4 |
| 40 to 60 | 3 | 4 | 7 | — | 1 | 1 | 14.3 |
| 60 and over | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | - |
| Total | 60 | 41 | 101 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 10.9 |
It will be noted that there were no cases notified and no
deaths registered, in infants under 1 year of age; no deaths
registered amongst children between 1 and 5 years of age; and
only 1 death registered in children between 5 and 10 years of
age; whilst the greatest number of both cases and deaths
occurred amongst adults between 20 and 40 years, and the
mortality-rate was greatest also amongst persons at the same age
periods.
Sub-dividing the Typhoid cases and deaths amongst the various
Registration Sub-Districts, it will again be seen that the casemortality
is lower in the Inner than in the Outer Districts, viz.,
6'7 per cent., as compared with 14.3 per cent. The reason for
this is not clear, as the contrary generally is the case, the casemortality
being greater in the Inner, more congested, and less
sanitary Districts. The incidence of the disease in the Inner
and Outer Districts respectively during 1904 is as 2 to 1.
Details as to the incidence of the disease during 1904 upon
the different Registration Sub-districts of the Borough of
Lambeth are as follow:—