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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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In London during 1899 there were registered 800 deaths out of a total of 4,460 cases of Typhoid notified, giving an uncorrected case mortality of 17.9%.
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Total No. of Cases notified. | Cases treated at Home. | Cases remov-ed to Hospital. | Case Mortality per 100. | At Home. | No. of Deaths | Total. | Kate of persons Notified per 10,000 Inhabitants. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Hospital | ||||||||
| Waterloo Rd. 1st | 9 | 2 | 7 | 33.3 | — | 3 | 3 | 6.3 |
| Waterloo ,, 2nd | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36.4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7.9 |
| Lambeth Ch. 1st | 21 | 5 | 16 | 23.8 | — | 5 | 5 | 10.9 |
| Lambeth Ch. 2nd | 32 | 2 | 30 | 25.0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7.6 |
| Kennington 1st | 50 | 21 | 29 | 20.0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9.3 |
| Kennington 2nd | 33 | 15 | 18 | 21.2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7.2 |
| Brixton | 53 | 33 | 20 | 20.8 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6.1 |
| Norwood | 10 | 6 | 4 | 20.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3.2 |
| Lambeth | 219 | 88 | 131 | 22.8 | 15 | 35 | 50 | 7.1 |
The case mortality was slightly higher in the Inner than
the Outer Districts, viz., 27,4% as compared with 20.6%.
It is satisfactory to note that 59.8% of the cases were
removed to hospital.
The increase in the number of Typhoid notifications
for the year 1898 is explained by three localised
epidemics or outbreaks (over 20 cases in all) that
occurred towards the latter end of the year, and which were
specially reported upon to the Vestry (see Appendix).
Personal contact, as a factor in the spread of Typhoid, is not