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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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Details as to the incidence of the disease during 1904 upon the different Registration Sub-districts of the Borough of Lambeth are as follow:—
| 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. | In Hospital. | Total. | ||||||
| Waterloo Road 1st | 5 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | }3.4 |
| Waterloo Road 2nd | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | |
| Lambeth Church 1st | 7 | — | 7 | — | 1 | 1 | 14.3 | 3.8 |
| Lambeth Church 2nd | 29 | 7 | 22 | — | 2 | 2 | 6.9 | 7.3 |
| Kennington 1st | 13 | 5 | 8 | — | 2 | 2 | 15.4 | 2.4 |
| Kennington 2nd | 21 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9.5 | 4.8 |
| Brixton | 17 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17.7 | 1.9 |
| Norwood | 5 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 20.0 | 1.3 |
| Borough of Lambeth | 101 | 28 | 73 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 10.9 | 3.2 |
Of the 98 Typhoid-infected houses 53 (i.e., 54.1 per cent.)
showed, on inspection, defective drains, traps, fittings or appliances.
In 12 (i.e., 12.2 per cent.) the drains themselves
were found to be defective. 16 cases were traced to sources
outside the Borough, and 8 were secondary cases, i.e., derived
from previous cases in the Borough. No case could be traced
definitely and conclusively to infected water, milk, oysters or other
shell-fish, ice-creams, watercress, or other well-known channels,
through which Typhoid has been, again and again, stated to
spread. There was a history in 25 cases (24.7 per cent.) of shellfish
having been eaten by the patients notified 1 to 3 weeks
previous to the disease developing ; but in this connection the
number of persons who eat shell-fish, and do not get Typhoid,
must be remembered.
60 samples of blood were examined at the Bacteriological
Laboratory during 1904 (see p. 176) for the Widal Reaction of
Typhoid, and in 11 cases (i.e., 18.3 per cent.) such reaction was
obtained.