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SCARLET FEVER.
During 1910, in the Borough of Lambeth, 910 cases of
Scarlet Fever were notified, and 22 deaths registered, giving
a case mortality of 2.4 per cent.—2.7 for the Inner and 2.2
for the Outer Districts. In 1909, there were 1164 cases
notified and 27 deaths registered, i.e., a case-mortality of
2.3 per cent.—2.1 for the Inner, and 2.5 for the Outer Districts.
The annual averages for 10 years (1891-1900) in the
old Parish of Lambeth are (1) notified cases 1331.3, and (2)
deaths 53.6.
Of the 910 persons notified in the Borough of Lambeth
during 1910, 853* (i.e., 93.7 per cent.) were removed to
Hospital, and of these 22 died (i.e., 2.6 per cent.) whereas
57 (i.e., 6.5 per cent.) were treated at home, and of these
none died.
The attack-rate and death-rate of Scarlet Fever per 1000
of the population have been steadily decreasing during the
last few years in Lambeth Parish, and are below the average
during 1910 in the Borough—a satisfactory condition of
things, which seems to point to the value of isolation (following
notification) as one at least of the important preventive
measures in connection with this disease.

*Of the 853 cases of Scarlet Fever removed to Hospital, 57 proved
at Hospital not to be suffering from that disease.