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Lambeth 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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cent. amongst the patients treated in Hospital; whilst 15
(i.e., 23.8 per cent.) were treated at home, and none died.
If a comparison be made between the number of cases of
Typhoid notified, and the number of deaths from Typhoid
registered, in the Borough of Lambeth during 1908, and the
yearly averages for 10 years (1891-1900) in the old Parish of
Lambeth, it will be noted that there is a remarkable decrease.
The yearly average of cases notified in the Parish is 189.6,
and the yearly average of deaths registered is 34.7, as compared
with 63 and 8 respectively as the numbers of notified
cases and deaths in the Borough of Lambeth during 1908,
giving decreases of 66.8 and 76.9 per cent. respectively.
In addition, 14 of the 48 cases removed to Hospital as
suffering from Typhoid Fever were found, on further examination,
not to be suffering from that disease.
The age and sex incidence and mortality for Typhoid cases notified in Lambeth Borough during 1908 are as follow:—
| Ages. | Number of Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 100. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | ||
| Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 to 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 to 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| 10 to 20 | 11 | 3 | 14 | - | - | - | - |
| 20 to 40 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 10.3 | |
| 40 to 60 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 30.8 |
| 60 and over | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Total | 37 | 26 | 63 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12.7 |
It will be noted that there was no case notified, and no
death registered, in infants under 1 year of age; no case