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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 (2), from which it is seen
that, of the 9 new Wards into which the Borough is now
divided, Bishop's, shows the highest, and Herne Hill the lowest,
zymotic death rates; and Bishop's the highest, and Tulse Hill and
Herne Hill the lowest, zymotic incidences respectively.*
During the year 1905, under the Notification Clauses of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, 1853 cases of Infectious
Diseases have been reported, and of this number 1278, i.e., 68.9
per cent. were removed to the Hospitals of the Asylums Board,
or to other Hospitals, and 575, i.e., 31.1 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 1905 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—3.4, 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, 1905—68.9
1894—33.9, 1898—55.9, 1902—70.3,
Examining the removals more in detail (e.g., nature of disease),
it is seen that during 1905 in the Borough of Lambeth, the following
are the percentages:—
Scarlet Fever 80.1 Typhoid 70.1
Diphtheria 81.8 Continued 100.0
Membranous 80.2 Puerperal 25.0
Croup 18.2 Erysipelas 12.9
* The large incidence (zymotic) rate in Norwood Ward is due to the
outbreak of Diphtheria at the Norwood Parochial Schools.
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