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Similar conclusions are obtainable by comparing the
zymotic death-rates and zymotic incidences for the different
new Wards of the Borough, as shewn in Table F, from
which it is seen that, of the 9 new Wards into which the
Borough is now divided, Bishop's shows the highest, and
Norwood the lowest, zymotic death-rates, and Vauxhall the
highest, and Norwood the lowest, zymotic incidences, respectively.
During the year 1908, under the Notification Clauses ot
the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, 2056 cases of Infectious
Diseases have been reported, and of this number 1724,
i.e., 83.8 per cent., were removed to the Hospitals of the
Asylums Board, or to other Hospitals, and 332, i.e., 16.2
per cent., remained under treatment at their homes. It is
again satisfactory to note the very large percentage (larger
than ever before) of cases removed to Hospital, showing the
growing favour with which the Isolation Hospitals are being
looked upon, and pointing to the fact that it is coming to be
more and more realised that infectious diseases cannot be
properly isolated, and, therefore, ought not to be isolated, in
in the homes of the people. The percentage removed during
1908 is well above the average. Thus, since the introduction
of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, the percentages of
notified infectious cases (excluding chicken-pox and cerebrospinal
meningitis) removed from Lambeth are as follow:—
1891—36.6, 1896—43.0, 1901—66.1, 1906—76.8
1892—33.7, 1897—49.0, 1902—70.3, 1907—81.6
1893—23.0, 1898—55.9, 1903—64.2, 1908—84.3
1894—.33.9, 1899—61.2, 1904—69.8,
1895—30.4, 1900—64.5, 1905—68.9,
Examining the removals more in detail (e.g., nature of
disease), it is seen that during 1908, in the Borough of
Lambeth, the following are the percentages:—