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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 1898
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1898
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SCARLET FEVER.
During 1898, 30 deaths were registered from Scarlet
Fever, as compared with 42 daring 1897, and an annual
average of 62.5 for the last 10 years (1888-97). 1,009 cases
were notified, as compared with an annual average of 1450.3
for the 8 years 1890-97; and of these 1,009 patients, 666
were treated in hospital and 343 at their own homes. The
case mortality is, therefore, 2.9%, varying in different
Registration Sub-districts (an average of 5 2 for the Inner
as compared with 18 for the Outer), and from 12 to 3.9
according as the cases were treated at home or in hospital
respectively.
The age and sex incidence and mortality for scarlet fever cases notified in Lambeth during 1898 are as follows: —
| Ages. | Number of Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Death rate* per 100. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | M. 4 | F. 6 | Total. 10 | M. i | F. 2 | Total. 3 | 21.4 |
| 1 to 2 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13.8 |
| 2 to 3 | 25 | 34 | 59 | _ | 3 | 3 | 4.8 |
| 3 to 4 | 40 | 46 | 86 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5.6 |
| 4 to 5 | 54 | 65 | 119 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8.1 |
| 5 to 6 | 57 | 69 | 126 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 6 to 7 | 44 | 57 | 101 | – | – | – | – |
| 7 to 8 | 29 | 34 | 63 | – | – | – | – |
| 8 to 9 | 21 | 27 | 48 | – | – | – | – |
| 9 to 10 | 35 | 44 | 79 | – | – | – | – |
| Over 10 years | 128 | 122 | 250 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.2 |
| Age not stated* | 20 | 23 | 43 | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 473 | 536 | 1009 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 2.9 |
*In 43 cases the ages are not given, but in calculating percentages, these
cases have been equally distributed amongst the different age-periods.