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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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SCARLET FEVER STATISTICS FROM 1895 TO 1926 (inclusive). BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.
| Year. | Population at decennial periods. | Total No. of Scarlet Fever cases notified. | Attack Rate per 1.000. | Cases sent to Hospital. | Cases treated at Home. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of cases admitted. | Percentage of Total Notifications. | No. of Deaths. | Percentage (case mort. ality). | No. of " Return Cases." | Percentage (Ketm n case rate.) | No. of cases treated at Home. | Percentage of 1 otal Notifications. | No. of Deaths. | Percentagr (case mortality.) | No. of " Return Cases." | Percentaee (" Return case rate.") | ||||
| 1895 | 291067 | 1389 | 4.77 | 478 | 34.4 | 32 | 6.7 | No special statistics kept as to " return " cases (hospital), which average in Lambeth Borough under 5% total cases removed to hospital. | 911 | 65.5 | 21 | 2.3 | No special statistics kept as to " retu. n " cases (home), which average in Lambeth Borough under 3% total cases treated at home. | ||
| 6 | 295033 | 1550 | 5.25 | 834 | 53.8 | 51 | 6.1 | 716 | 46.2 | 12 | 1.7 | ||||
| 7 | 296405 | 1375 | 4.03 | 904 | 65.7 | 36 | 4.0 | 471 | 34.2 | 6 | i.3 | ||||
| 8 | 297777 | 1009 | 3.38 | 666 | 66.o | 26 | 3.9 | 343 | 34.o | 4 | 1.2 | ||||
| 9 | 299149 | 1006 | 3.36 | 728 | 72.4 | 17 | 2.3 | 278 | 27.6 | 8 | 29 | ||||
| 1900 | 300521 | 821 | 2.73 | 604 | 73.6 | 12 | 1.9 | 217 | 26.4 | 8 | 3.7 | ||||
| 1 | 301895 | 1041 | 3.44 | 789 | 75.8 | 30 | 3.8 | 252 | 24.2 | 9 | 3.6 | ||||
| 2 | 301512 | 1330 | 4.41 | 1056 | 79.4 | 43 | 4.1 | 274 | 206 | 5 | i.8 | ||||
| 3 | 301129 | 744 | 2.47 | 569 | 76.5 | 19 | 3.3 | .75 | 23.5 | 4 | 2.3 | ||||
| 4 | 300746 | 660 | 2.19 | 549 | 83.2 | 16 | 2.9 | 111 | 16.8 | — | — | ||||
| 5 | 300363 | 1025 | 3.41 | 821 | 801 | 25 | 3.o | 204 | 199 | 6 | 2.9 | ||||
| 6 | 299Q80 | 1268 | 4.22 | 1115 | 87.9 | 25 | 2.2 | .53 | 12.1 | 3 | 1.9 | ||||
| 7 | 299597 | 1481 | 4.94 | 1357 | 9.7 | 36 | 2.6 | 124 | 8.3 | 2 | 1.6 | ||||
| 8 | 299214 | 1428 | 4.77 | 1303 | 91.2 | 41 | 3.1 | 125 | 8.8 | 1 | c.8 | ||||
| 9 | 298831 | 1164 | 3.89 | 1088 | 93.5 | 25 | 2.3 | 76 | 6.5 | 2 | 2.6 | ||||
| 1910 | 298848 | 910 | 3.04 | 853 | 93.7 | 22 | 2.6 | 57 | 6.3 | — | |||||
| 1 | 298058 | 761 | 2.55 | 701 | 92.1 | 7 | 0.9 | 60 | 7.9 | 1 | 1.7 | ||||
| 2 | 298539 | 604 | 2.02 | 563 | 93.2 | 9 | 1.6 | 41 | 6.8 | — | |||||
| 3 | 299020 | 1370 | 4.58 | 1212 | 88.5 | 14 | 1.2 | 158 | 11.5 | — | — | ||||
| 4 | 299501 | 1745 | 5.82 | 1649 | 94.5 | 13 | 0.8 | 96 | 5.5 | 3 | 3.1 | ||||
| 5 | 299982 | 900 | 3.oo | 841 | 93.4 | 16 | 1.9 | 59 | 6.5 | 1.7 | |||||
| 6 | 300463 | 501 | 1.66 | 486 | 97.0 | 7 | 1.4 | 15 | 3.o | — | — | ||||
| 7 | 300^44 | 340 | 1.12 | 312 | 918 | 6 | i.9 | 28 | 8.2 | — | — | ||||
| 8 | 301425 | 549 | 1.82 | 511 | 93.1 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 6.9 | 1 | 2.6 | ||||
| 9 | 301906 | 1011 | 3.34 | 866 | 85.6 | 15 | 1.7 | 145 | 4.3 | 1 | 0.7 | ||||
| 1920 | 302387 | 1260 | 4.16 | 1160 | 92.1 | .5 | 1.3 | 100 | 7.9 | — | — | ||||
| 1 | 302868 | 1760 | £.81 | 1632 | 92.7 | 14 | 0.8 | 128 | 7.2 | 2 | 1.6 | ||||
| 2 | 303349 | 1358 | 4.47 | 1272 | 93.7 | 20 | 1.6 | 86 | 6.3 | — | — | ||||
| 3 | 303830 | 823 | 2.70 | 776 | 94.3 | 11 | 1.4 | 47 | 5.7 | — | — | ||||
| 4 | 304311 | 940 | 3. 08 | 900 | 95.7 | 11 | 1.2 | 40 | 4.2 | — | — | ||||
| s | 304792 | 1042 | 3 41 | 997 | 95.7 | 9 | 0.9 | 45 | 4.3 | — | — | ||||
| 6 | 305273 | 743 | 2.43 | 696 | 93.7 | 4 | 0.6 | 47 | 6.3 | ||||||