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Similar conclusions are obtainable by comparing the zymotic
death.rates and zymotic incidences for the different new Wards
of the Borough, as shewn in Table F, from which it is seen
that, of the 9 new Wards into which the Borough is now
divided, Bishop.s shows the highest, and Tulse Hill the lowest,
zymotic death rates, and zymotic incidences respectively.
During the year 1906, under the Notification Clauses of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, 2074 cases of Infectious
Diseases have been reported, and of this number 1592, i.e., 76.8
per cent. were removed to the Hospitals of the Asylums Board,
or to other Hospitals, and 482, i.e., 23.2 per cent., remained
under treatment at their homes. It is satisfactory to note
the very large percentage (larger than ever before) of cases
removed to Hospital, showing the growing favour with which
the Isolation Hospitals are being looked upon, and pointing
to the fact that it is coming to be more and more realised that
infectious diseases cannot be properly isolated in the homes of
the people. The percentage removed during 1906 is well
above the average. Thus, since the introduction of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, the percentages of notified
infectious cases (excluding chicken.pox) removed from Lambeth
are as follow :—
1891—36.6, 1895—30.4, 1899—61.2, 1903—64.2
1892—33.7, 1896—43.0, 1900—64.5, 1904—69.8
1893—23.0, 1897—49.0, 1901—66.1, 1905—68.9
1894—33.9, 1898—55.9, 1902—70.3, 1906—76 8
Examining the removals more in detail (e.g., nature of disease),
it is seen that during 1906 in the Borough of Lambeth, the following
are the percentages:—
Scarlet Fever 87.9 Typhoid 78.7
Diphtheria J 80.0 Continued 100.0
Membranous 78.4 Puerperal 37.0
Croup ) 18.2 Erysipelas 23.5