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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 1899
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1899
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SCARLET FEVER.
During 1899, 25 deaths were registered from Scarlet
Fever, as compared with 30 during 1898, and an annual
average of 57.3 for the last 10 years (1889-98). 1,006 cases
were notified, as compared with an annual average of 1401.3
for the 9 years 1890-98; and of these 1,006 patients, 728
were treated in hospital, and 278 at their own homes. The
case mortality is, therefore, 2.5%, varying in different
Registration Sub-districts (an average of 2.3 for the Inner
as compared with 2.6 for the Outer), and from 2.9 to 2.3
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 1899 are as follows:—
| Ages. | Number of Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Death rate* per 100. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | ||
| Under 1 year | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | — | 1 | 7.7 |
| 1 to 2 | 18 | 13 | 31 | — | 2 | 2 | 5.9 |
| 2 to 3 | 41 | 21 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3.1 |
| 3 to 4 | 33 | 48 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 4 to 5 | 51 | 46 | 97 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 5 to 6 | 53 | 45 | 98 | 3 | — | 3 | 2.9 |
| 6 to 7 | 37 | 43 | 80 | 1 | — | 1 | 1.2 |
| 7 to 8 | 34 | 34 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 8 to 9 | 32 | 39 | 71 | — | 1 | 1 | 1.4 |
| 9 to 10 | 27 | 32 | 59 | — | 1 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Over 10 years | 142 | 174 | 316 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.6 |
| Age not stated* | 12 | 21 | 33 | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 488 | 518 | 1006 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 2.5 |
*In 33 cases the ages are not given, but in calculating percentages, these
cases have been equally distributed amongst the different age-periods.