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Lambeth 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TYPHOID FEVER
During 1912, 13 deaths were registered in the Borough
from typhoid (enteric fever), and a total of 61 cases
notified, giving a case mortality of 21.3 per cent. The
annual averages for the two decennia 1891-1900 (Parish)
and 1902-11 (Borough) are respectively, (1) notified cases
189.7 and 91.8 (2) deaths 34.7 and 15.6. Of the
61 cases notified in the Borough during 1912, 46* (i.e.,
75.4 per cent.) were removed to hospital, and 9
died, giving a case-mortality of 19.6 per cent, amongst
the patients treated in hospital; whilst 15 (i.e., 24.6
per cent.) were treated at home, and 4 died, giving a casemortality
of 26.7 per cent, amongst the patients treated at
home.
The age and sex incidence and mortality for typhoid cases notified in Lambeth Borough during 1912 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 | – | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 100.0 |
| 5 to 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | – | 1 | 16.7 |
| 10 to 20 | 6 | 8 | 14 | – | 1 | 1 | 7.1 |
| 20 to 40 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 20.0 |
| 40 to 60 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 28.6 |
| 60 and over | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 100.0 |
| Total | 29 | 32 | 61 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 26.3 |
It will be noted that (a) there was no case notified, and
no death registered, in infants under 1 year of age; and (b)
*Of the 46 cases of Typhoid Fever removed to hospital, 4 proved
at hospital not to be suffering from that disease.