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CHICKEN-POX.
Chicken-pox was not compulsprily notifiable during 1905,
but through the Head Teachers of the various schools 712 cases
were brought to the notice of the Council, and the necessary disinfection
was carried out in connection therewith. One school
(Barston College) was disinfected on account of an outbreak
of chicken-pox amongst the pupils. No single death wasregistered
as having occurred within the Borough of Lambeth
from chicken-pox during 1905.
SCARLET FEVER.
During 1905, in the Borough of Lambeth, 1,025 cases of Scarlet
Fever were notified, and 31 deaths registered, giving a casemortality
of 3.02 per cent.—2.4 for the Inner, and 3.8 for the
Outer Districts. In 1904, there were 660 cases notified and 16
deaths registered, i.e., a case-mortality of 2.4 per cent.—4.9 for
the Inner, and 15 for the Outer Districts. The annual averages
for 10 years (1891-1900) in the old Parish of Lambeth are (1),
notified cases 1,331.3, and (2) deaths 53.6. The increase in the
numbers of cases notified and deaths registered during 1905 is
due to an outbreak of the disease that occurred at the end of the
year in connection with the Norwood L.C.C. and Parochial Schools'
Of the 1,025 persons notified in the Borough of Lambeth during
1905, 821* (i.e., 80.1 per cent.) were removed to Hospital, and of
these, 25 died (i.e., 3.05 per cent.), whereas 204 (i.e., 19.9 per
cent.) were treated at home, and of these, 6 died (i.e., 2.9 per
cent.). This difference in case-mortality as between Hospital and
home-treated patients is to be explained by the greater severity
(as a rule) of the cases sent to Hospital.
* Of the 1,025 cases of Scarlet Fever removed to Hospital, 53 proved at
Hospital not to be suffering from that disease.