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Lambeth 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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notified, and no death registered, amongst children between
1 and 5 years of age; whilst the greatest numbers of both
cases and deaths occurred amongst persons between 20 and
60 years of age.
The incidences of the disease per 1000 inhabitants in the
Inner and Outer Districts respectively during 1908 are the
same, viz., 0.2.
Details as to the incidence of the disease during 1908 upon the different New Registration Sub-districts of the Borough of Lambeth are as follow :—
| New Registration Sub-Districts. | Total No. of Cases Notified. | Cases treated at Home. | Cases removed to Hospital. | No. of Deaths. | Case Mortality per 100. | Rate of Persons Notified per 10000 Inhabitants. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Home. | In Hospital. | Total. | ||||||
| Waterloo | 5 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1.9 |
| Lambeth Church | 7 | — | 7 | - | 2 | 2 | 28.6 | 2.6 |
| Kennington | 13 | 2 | 11 | - | 1 | 1 | 7.7 | 2.4 |
| Stockwell | 8 | — | 8 | - | — | — | — | 1.2 |
| Brixton | 18 | — | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 22.2 | 2.2 |
| Norwood | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 8.3 | 0.3 |
Of the 62 Typhoid-infected houses 32 (i.e., 51.6 per cent.)
showed, on inspection, defective drains, traps, fittings or
appliances. In 9 (i.e., 14.5 per cent.), the drains themselves
were found to be defective.
21 cases out of the 63 were traced to sources outside the
Borough, and 3 were secondary cases, i.e., derived from
previous cases in the Borough. No case could be traced