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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, Marsh shows the highest and
Tulse Hill the lowest, zymotic death-rates, and Prince's
the highest, and Tulse Hill the lowest, zymotic incidences.
During the year 1910, under the Notification Clauses of
the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, 1527 cases of Infectious
Diseases have been reported, and of this number 1300
i.e., 85.1 per cent., were removed to the Hospitals of the
Asylums Board or to other Hospitals, and 227, i.e., 14.9
per cent., remained under treatment at their homes. It is
again satisfactory to note the very large percentage
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 disease cannot be
properly isolated, and, therefore, ought not to be attempted,
in the homes of the people. The percentage removed during
1910 is well above the average. Thus, since the introduction
of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, the percentage 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, 1909—86.02
1895—30.4, 1900- 64.5, 1905—68.9, 1910 84.9.
Examining the removals more in detail (e.g., nature ol
disease), it is seen that during 1910, in the Borough of
Lambeth, the following are the percentages:—