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Lambeth 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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77
and the yearly average of deaths registered is 34.7 as compared
with 77 and 17 as the numbers of notified
cases and deaths in the Borough of Lambeth during 1910,
giving decreases of 59.4 and 51.01 per cent., respectively.
The age and sex incidence and mortality for Typhoid cases notified in Lambeth Borough during 1910 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 | 3 | 2 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 20.0 |
| 5 to 10 | 4 | 8 | 12 | — | 1 | 1 | 8.3 |
| 10 to 20 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11.1 |
| 20 to 40 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 29.03 |
| 40 to 60 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 36.4 |
| 60 and over | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 38 | 39 | 77 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 22.1 |
It will be noted that (a) there was no case notified, and
no death registered, in infants under 1 year of age; and (b)
5 cases notified, and 1 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.
Details as to the incidence of the disease during 1910 upon
the different New Registration Sub-districts of the Borough
of Lambeth are as follow:—
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