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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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the two decennia 1891-1900 (Parish) and 1901-1910
(Borough) are respectively (1) notified cases 1,331.3 and
1,105.1, and (2) deaths 48.8 and 31.4.
Of the 604 persons notified in the Borough during 1912,
563* (i.e., 93.2 per cent.), were removed to Hospital, and
of these 9 died (i.e., 1.6 per cent.) whereas 41 (i.e., 6.8
per cent.) were treated at home, and of these none died.
The age and sex incidence and mortality for the 604 scarlet fever cases notified in Lambeth Borough during 1912 are as follow:—
| Age. | Number of Cases notified. | Deaths. | Death Rate per 100 Notified. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | Total. | |
| Under 1 vear | 3 | 3 | 6 | – | – | – | 0.0 |
| 1 to 2 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 2 | – | 2 | 7.7 |
| 2 to 3 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 3 | – | 3 | 10.0 |
| 3 to 4 | 23 | 24 | 47 | 1 | – | 1 | 2.1 |
| 4 to 5 | 30 | 28 | 58 | 1 | – | 1 | 1.7 |
| 5 to 6 | 38 | 30 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.9 |
| 6 to 7 | 25 | 27 | 52 | – | – | – | 0.0 |
| 7 to 8 | 26 | 35 | 61 | – | – | – | 0.0 |
| 8 to 9 | 17 | 19 | 36 | – | – | – | 0.0 |
| 9 to 10 | 16 | 15 | 31 | – | – | – | 0.0 |
| Over 10 years | 95 | 94 | 189 | – | – | – | 0.0 |
| Total | 302 | 302 | 604 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1.5 |
It will be noted that, of the total 604 persons reported
as suffering from scarlet fever during 1912, within the
*Of the 563 cases of Scarlet Fever removed to Hospital, 40 proved
at Hospital not to be suffering from that disease.