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Scarlet Fever 91.2 Typhoid 76.2
Diphtheria 88.4 Continued 66.7
Membranous 87.9 Puerperal 50.0
Croup 75.0 Erysipelas 32.04
Cerebro-spinal
Meningitis 92.9
No case of Smallpox was notified during 1908 within the
Borough.
Taking the total number of notified cases of infectious
diseases during 1908, the zymotic incidence throughout the
Borough of Lambeth is 6.1 per 1000 population, as compared
with an average of 9.04 for the old Parish of Lambeth
during the 10 years 1891-1900, i.e., 29.2 per cent. less.
There is again a marked decrease in the number of Diphtheria
certificates received during 1908, i.e., 55.3 per cent,
below the average of the statistics of the Parish of Lambeth
for 10 years (1891-1900), and 19.6 per cent, below the
average of the statistics of the Borough of Lambeth for 7
years (1901-07).* The 320 Diphtheria cases occurred in 301
infected houses, and in only 8.3 per cent, of these were the
drains, on testing, found to be defective.
The Scarlet Fever notifications were 6.8 per cent, above
the average of the Parish of Lambeth statistics for the 10
years 1891-1900. The 1428 cases occurred in 1228 infected
houses, and in 9.4 per cent, of these the drains were, on
testing, found defective.
The Enteric Fever (or Typhoid) notifications received were
66.8 per cent, below the average for 10 years (Parish of
Lambeth), and represent 62 infected houses, of which 14.5
per cent, of the drains were found, on testing, to be
defective.
*Diphtheria notification certificates received since the formation of
the New Borough: 1901—511,1902—459, 1903—329, 1904—317 1905—
439, 1906—415, 1907-317.