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Scarlet Fever 93 7 Typhoid 87.01
Diphtheria (90 3 Relapsing 100
Membranous 91.05 Puerperal 55.6
Croup 83.3 Erysipelas 37.5
Cerebro-spinal
Meningitis 800
No case of Smallpox was notified during 1910 within the
Borough.
Taking the total number of notified cases of infectious
diseases during 1910, the zymotic incidence throughout the
Borough of Lambeth is 4.7 per .1000 population (5.4
Inner and 4.1 Outer Districts), as compared with an
average of 9.04 for the old Parish of Lambeth
during the 10 years 1891-1900, i.e., 48.01 per cent. less.
There is again a decrease in the number of Diphtheria
certificates received during 1910, i.e., 55.5 per cent. below
the average of the statistics of the Parish of Lambeth for
10 years (1891-1900), and 18.9 per cent. below the average
of the statistics of the Borough of Lambeth for 9 years
(1901-09)' The 318 Diphtheria cases occurred in 294 infected
houses, and in only 8.5 per cent. of these were the
drains, on testing, found to be defective.
The Membranous Croup notifications received were 77.1
per cent. below the average for 10 years (Parish of Lambeth),
and represent 6 infected houses, of which none of the drains
were found, on testing, to be defective.
The Scarlet Fever notifications were 31.6 per cent. below
the average of the Parish of Lambeth statistics for the 10
years 1891-1910. The 910 cases occurred in 784 infected
houses, and in 8.2 per cent. of these the drains were, on
testing, found defective.
The Enteric Fever (or Typhoid) notifications received were
71.7 per cent. below the average for 10 years (parish of
Lambeth), and represent 71 infected houses, of which 5.6
per cent. of the drains were found, on testing, to be
defective. One case of relapsing fever was notified, but the
*Diphtheria notification certificates received since the formation of the
New Borough: 1901—511, 1902—459. 1903-329, 1904—317, 1905—139
1906—415, 1907—817, 1908—373. 1909-373.