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No case of Smallpox was notified during ]907 within the
Borough.
Taking the total number of notified cases of infectious diseases
during 1907, it will be noticed that the zymotic incidence
throughout the Borough of Lambeth is 19.5 per cent, less than
the average 1891-1900 for the old Parish of Lambeth.
There is again a marked decrease in the number of Diphtheria
certificates received during 1907, i.e., 55.7 per cent, below the
average of the statistics of the Parish of Lambeth for 10 years
(1891-1900), and 22.9 per cent, below the average received in the
Borough during 1901-5.* The 317 Diphtheria cases occurred
in 298 infected houses, and in only 7.7 per cent, of these were
the drains, on testing, found defective.
The Scarlet Fever notifications were 11.3 per cent, above the
average of the Parish of Lambeth statistics for the 10 years
1891-1900. The 1481 cases occurred in 1288 infected houses,
and in 12.2 per cent, of these, the drains were, on testing, found
defective.
The Enteric Fever (or Typhoid) notifications received were
70.4 per cent, below the average for 10 years (Parish of Lambeth),
and represent 53 infected houses, of which 13.2 per cent,
of the drains were found, on testing, to be defective.
No cases of plague, nor of suspected plague, nor of cholera, nor
of suspected cholera, have been notified during 1907, within the
Borough.
In the case of each of the 1922 infected houses, an inspection
was made, and the drains and the sanitary fittings tested with
chemical, with the following results as tabulated:—
(a) 212 (i.e., 1103 per cent.) were found to have
defective drains.
*Excluding the 64 notified cases in connection with the Norwood
Parochial Schools during 1905.