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Lambeth 1895

Report on vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1895...

Published
1896
Author
Priestley, Joseph.
Pages
110
Tables
61

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    Calculated out, the uncorrected rates per 1,000 of the population are as follows:—
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    Enumerated Population 1881(Census).Enumerated Population 1891(Census).Estimated Population 1895 (middle of year).Marriage-Rate.Birth-Rate.Death-Rate.Zymotic Death-Rate.Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births.
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    The estimated population to the middle of 1895 for Lambeth Parish is 284,885, consisting of 134,562 males and 150,323 females; and this population may be sub-divided as follows:— A. As to Registration Sub-districts.
    Registration Sub-districts.MalesFemales.Total.
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    B. As to Parliamentary Divisions and New Wards.
    Parliamentary Divisions and New Wards.Males.Females.Total.
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    The estimated number of inhabited houses to the middle of the year 1895 is 39,895, and the rateable value of the Parish on April 6th, 1895, was .£1,575,325, an increase of £6,512 on the previous year, as the following Table shews:—
    Year.Rateable Value.†
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    Table A, giving the number of Births and the Birth-Rates in each Registration Sub-District of Lambeth during 1895 (arranged quarterly).
    Registration Sub-District.EstimatedPopulations (middle 1895).No. of Births.Total for the Year 1895.Rate per 1000.
    1st Quarter2nd Quarter3rd Quarter4th Quarter
    Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.
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    Table B, shewing the Estimated Populations, Numbers of Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, and Corrected Deaths for the Year 1895, and Ten Years preceding, in Lambeth Parish.
    The Year.Estimated Population.EstimatedNo. of Inhabited Houses.Marriages.Registered Births.Corrected Number of Deaths.Deaths from 7 Chief Zymotic Diseases.Deaths in Public Institutions.
    Total Ages.Under 1 year.Under 5 years.
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    Table C, shewing the number of persons per house, the Marriage-, Birth-, and Death-Rates, and proportion of Deaths in Public Institutions, for the Year 1895, and ten years preceding.
    The Year.Estimated No. of Persons per house, per Year.Marriage-Rate per 1000 Population.Birth-Rate per 1000 Population.Death-Rate per 1000 PopulationDeaths of Children under 1 year, per 1000 births.Deaths of Children under 1 year, per 1000 deaths.Deaths of Children under 5 years, per 1000 deaths.Zymotic Death Rate, per 1000 Population.Deaths in Public Institutions per 1000 total uncorrected deaths.
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    Summary.
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    TABLE D. Shewing the number of Births and Deaths, with Birth- and 1895. The Deaths are from all causes, and from the chief outside the Parish, by omitting strangers who die within the into the Districts from which they have been removed during
    DISTRICTS.Persons per Acre.Estimated Population (middle 1895).Total Births.Birth-rate per 1000 of the Population.Total Deaths (corrected).General Death-rate per 1000 of the Population.
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    TABLE D. Death-rates in each of the Registration Sub-Districts of the Parish during Zymotic Diseases, and are corrected by adding Lambethians who die Parish, and by re-distributing persons who die in Public Institutions illness.
    Total Deaths fromTotal Zymotic Deaths.Zymotic Death-rate per 1000 of the Population.Zymotic Death-rate per 1000 of the Total Deaths.Diarrhœa Death-rate per 1000 of the Population.
    Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus.Typhoid or Enteric.Continued Fever.Diarrhœa.
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    The 5,559 corrected deaths may be further analysed and tabulated according to age-periods as follows:—
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    TABLE E. Shewing Mortalities in Lambeth at different Age-Periods compared with (1) those for London, 1895. and (2) the averages for London for years 1881—90.
    Age-periods.LAMBETH.LONDON.
    Estimated Populations(Middle 1895)Mortality Ratesper 1000Population, 1895Mortality Ratesper 1000Population, 1895Uncorrected.Average of TenYears,1881-90,per 1000.
    Corrected.Uncorrected.
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    TABLE F. Shewing the uncorrected Mortality, Male and Female, in the different Districts, and a comparison of the number of deaths in each Quarter during the year 1895.
    SUB-DISTRICTS.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Total No. of Deaths in each District.
    M.F.Total.M.F.TotalM.F.TotalM.F.Total.
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    TABLE G. Shewing the uncorrected mortality (i.e., including that of strangers), at different ages in each District of the Parish.
    SUB DISTRICTUnder 1 year1 year to 5 years5 to 60 years60 years & upw'ds.Total
    MaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotal
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    TABLE H. Shewing the uncorrected deaths (i.e , parishioners and strangers), at various age-periods in each quarter.
    1st Quarter2nd Quarter3rd Quarter4th QuarterTotal
    MaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotal
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    TABLE I. Shewing the Infantile Mortalities in the Registrar-General's 33 Large Towns of England and Wales (including London), and in Lambeth Parish.
    Uncorrected Deaths under one year per 1000 Births.Average Ten Years, 1885-94.
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    TABLE J. Shewing the number of Certificates for the Notifiable Zymotic Diseases received in Lambeth since the introduction of the Notification Act, i.e., in the six years, 1889—94, and in the year 1895.
    Disease188918901891189218931894Notifications received during1895Annual average of 5 years 1890—94
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    TABLE K. Giving number of infected houses with percentages of (1) General Defects, and (2) Defective Drains, during the years 1895 and the four preceding years.
    1891189218931894Average for last 4 years 1891—941895
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    The seasonal mortality from the different zymotic diseases is well shown by arranging the deaths quarterly, thus:—
    1895.Smallpox.Measles.Whooping Cough.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.FEVER.Diarrhœa.Membranous Group.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Cholera.Influenza.
    Typhus.Typhoid.Continued.
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    TABLE L. Showing Zymotic seasonal variations in the different Registration Sub-Districts during 1895.
    Registration Sub-Districts.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Year.Zymotic Death-rate per 1000 inhabitants.
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    TABLE M. Shewing the number of Deaths from the principal Zymotic TABLE M Diseases in the ten years 1885—94, and in the year 1895.
    Disease.1885188618871888188918901891189218931894Total Deaths in 1895.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths 1895.Annual Average of ten years 1885—94.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years.
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    TABLE N. Deaths from Zymotic Diseases (Strangers deducted).
    For the Four Weeks endingJanuary.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.December.Total.
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    In London, during 1895; there were registered 55 deaths out of a total of 1076 cases of smallpox notified, giving a case mortality of 5.1%.
    Registration Sub-Districts.Total No of Cases Notified.Cases Treated at Home.Cases Removed to Hospital.No. of Deaths.Case Mortality per 100.Rate of Persons Notified per 10,000 Inhabitants.
    At Home.In Hospital.
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    TABLE O—VACCINATION RETURNS, 1894.
    Registration Sub-Districts.No. of BirthsSuccessfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible to Vaccination.Dead Unvaccinated.Had Smallpox.Postponed on Medical Certificate.Removed to other Parishes.Gone and not found.111 or not otherwise accounted for.
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    TABLE P.—VACCINATION RETURNS FOR THE FIRST HALF-YEAR, 1895.
    Registration Sub-Districts.No. of Births.Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible to Vaccination.Dead Un-vaccinated.Had Small-pox.Postponed on Medical Certificate.Removed-to other Parishes.Gone and not found.Ill or not otherwise accounted for.
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    The age and sex incidence and mortality for scarlet fever cases notified in Lambeth during 1895 are as follows:—
    AgesNumber of Cases NotifiedDeathsDeath rate* per 100
    M.F.TotalM.F.Total
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    The number of scarlet fever cases notified in Lambeth during the year was 1,389, as compared with 1,198 for 1894, and an annual average of 1,457 for the five years, 1890 to 1894. No scarlatinal milk outbreak occurred during 1895.
    Registration Sub-Districts.Total No. of Cases notifiedCases treated at HomeCases remov-ed to HospitalNo. of Deaths.Case Mortality per 100Rate of Persons Notified per 1000 Inhabitants.
    At Home.InHospital
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    In London, during 1895, there were registered 1483 and 2633 deaths respectively, from whooping cough and measles, giving corresponding death-rates of 3.4 and 6.0 per 10,000 living.
    Registration Sub-Districts.Number ofDeaths from Whooping Cough.Numberof Deaths from Measles.WhoopingCough. Deaths per10,000 Inhabitants.Measles. Deaths per 10000 Inhabitants
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    The age and sex incidence and mortality from diphtheria cases notified in Lambeth during 1895 are as follows:—
    Ages.Number of cases notified.Deaths.Death-rate per 100.
    M.F.TotalM.F.Total
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    Membranous Croup might with advantage be classified with Diphtheria—the tendency of improved methods of diagnosis (e.g., bacteriological) being to show that these two 4
    Registration Sub-Districts.No. of Cases Notified.Cases treated at Home.Cases removed to HospitalNo. of Deaths.Case Mortality per 100Rate of Persons Notified per 1000 Inhabitants.
    At Home.InHospital
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    In London during 1895, there were registered 614 deaths out of a total of 3710 cases of typhoid notified, giving a case mortality of 16.5%.
    Registration Sub-Districts.Total No. of Cases notifiedCases Treated at Home.Cases removed to HospitalNo. of Deaths.Case Mortality per 100.Rate of Persons Notified per 10,000 Inhabitants
    At Home.InHospital
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    In London during 1895 there were registered 208 deaths out of a total of 249 cases notified, giving a case mortality of 83.5%.
    Registration Sub-Districts.Number ofCases Notified.Numberof Deaths.Case Mortality per 100.
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    In London, during 1895 there were registered 179 deaths out of a total of 5994 cases notified, giving a case mortality of 2.9%.
    Registration Sub-Districts.Number of Cases Notified.Number ofDeaths.Case Mortalityper 100.
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    Registration Sub-Districts.Number of Deaths.Diarrhoea Death-rate per 10,000Inhabitants.
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    TABLE Q. Shewing the Diarrhoea Mortality in Lambeth in each month during the year 1895.
    Registration Sub-Districts.Jan.Feb.Mar.April.May.June.July.Aug.Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.Total
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    Table shewing the number of deaths from Epidemic Influenza during the last 10 years in Lambeth and London.
    1885188618871888188918901891189218931894Average for 10 years (1885-94.)1895
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    TABLE R. Shewing Classification of Causes of Deaths in Lambeth during 1895, compared with London. A.—Total Deaths from all causes and at all ages, with percentages of deaths to total deaths.
    Class of Disease.Lambeth Parish.London.
    Total Deaths.Percentage of Total Deaths.Total Deaths.Percentage of Total Deaths.
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    TABLE R (Continued). B.—Deaths of infants under one year of age from the chief infantile diseases and from all causes, expressed in terms of 1,000 births.
    Lambeth Parish.London.
    Total Deaths under One Year (corrected).Percentage to1000 Births.Total Deaths under One Year (uncorrected).Percentage to to1000 Births.
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    TABLE S. Giving Death-rates for different groups of diseases in the various Registration SubDistricts, calculated as percentages of the total deaths for each district.
    Phthisis.Other Tubercular Diseases.Cancer.Respiratory Diseases.Premature Births.Suffocation in Bed.Old Age.Rheumatism and Gout
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    Taking the enumerated Populations of the various Registration Sub-districts for Lambeth as given at the Census 1896, and the estimated Populations for the middle of the year 1895, it will be seen that the differences may be disregarded, and the rates throughout this Report accepted, for all practical purposes, as the following table shews:—
    Estimated Population (Middle 1895) from Censuses 1891 and 1896.Estimated Pop-ula'ion (Middle 1895) from Censuses 1891 and 1881.Under Estimated. (Per Cent.)Over Estimated. (Per Cent.)
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    TABLE T. Giving death-rates for different groups of diseases in the various Registration Sub-Districts calculated in terms per 1,000 of the population or the total births.
    Per 1000 of the PopulationPer 1,000 Births
    PhthisisTubercularCancerRespiratory DiseasesOld AgeRheumatism and GoutPremature BirthsSuffocation
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    TABLE U. Local Government Board Table A. ] Table of DEATHS during- the Year 1895, in the Lambeth District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics ; public institutions being shewn as separate localities.(Columns for Population and Births are hi Table B.)Mortality from all causes,at subjoined ages.(i)Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing deaths of Children under flve years of age.
    At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under5.5 and under15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.12345678910111213141516171819202122
    Smallpox.scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
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    Local Government Board Table A—continued.] TABLE U. Table of DEATHS for the Year 1895, in the Lambeth District, classified according to DISEASES, AGES and LOCALITIES.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shewn as separate localities.(Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.)Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages.(i)Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing deaths of children under flve years of Age.
    At allAges-Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under25.25 and under 60.65 and upwards.12345678910111213141516171819202122
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.FeversCholera.Erysipelas.MeaslesWhooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentary.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Iujuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)
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    TABLE V. Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Sickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of health, during the year 1895, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Lambeth, classified according to Diseases and Localities. Local Goverment Board Table B.
    Registration Sub-Districts.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1895.12345678910111234567891011
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Fevers.English Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)
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    Lambeth.—Deaths registered in the various Sub-Districts from Different Causes in the 52 Weeks ending Saturday, 28th December, 1895.
    causes of death.Waterloo Road 1st.Waterloo Road 2nd.Lambeth Church 1st.Lambeth Church 2ndKenningtn. First.Kenningtn. Second.Brixton.Norwood.Ward not stated.Total.causes of death.waterlooRoad 1st.Waterloo2nd.LambethChurch 1st.LambethChurch 2stKenningunFirst.KenningunSecond.BrixtonNorwoodWardnot stated.Total.
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    Public Health (London) Act.
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    Public Health (London) Act, and Metropolis Local Management Act.
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    During 1895, 16 houses have been condemned by the Medical Officer of Health as follows:—
    Date of Representation to the Sanitary Authority.Date of Resolution of the Sanitary Authority.Locality of Premises.Present Condition (i.e., result).
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    SANITARY WORK IN LAMBETH PARISH. Particulars of Works carried out during 1895, and for 18 years previously.
    Year.Tctal Number of Cases.Sanitary Work, Structural and Permanent.Sanitary Work not Structional.
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    DISINFECTION STATISTICS. For five years prior, and five years subsequent, to the passing of the Notification of Infectious Diseases Act; and for the year 1895.
    18851886188718881889Yearly average for 5 years preceding the Notification Act.18901891189218931894Yearly average for 5 years succeeding the Notification Act.1895
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    SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT. Samples procured by Inspector Wiggs, together with the result of Analyses, during the year 1895.
    SAMPLES.NUMBER PROCURED.NUMBER ADULTERATED.
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    YearNo. of Samples AnalysedNo. of Samples adulteratedPercentage of Samples AdulteratedNo. of Summonses issuedNo. of ConvictionsNo. of CautionsPenaltiesCosts
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    TABLE Shewing per-centages of different adulterated Samples during 1895, and in the previous ten years.
    Y ear.Milk.Butter.Coffee.Bread and Flour.Cocoa and Chocolate.Cheese and Lard.Other Groceries.Sundries.Spirits.Brandy.Gin.Rum.Whiskey.Ale and Porter.Wines.Aerated Waters.Drugs.
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    NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF OFFENDERS, WITH PARTICULARS AS TO EACH OFFENCE, AND THE AMOUNTS OF PENALTIES AND COSTS IN EACH CASE.
    Date.Name.Address.Offence.Penalty.Costs.
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    Date.Name.Address.Offence.Penalty.Costs.
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    Date.Name.Address.Offence.Penalty.Costs.
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    Date.Name.Address.Offence.Penalty.Costs.
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    Date.Name.Address.Offence.Penalty.Costs.
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    Date.Name.Address.Offence.Penalty.Costs.
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    Lambeth Parish.—Estimated Mean Population in the middle of each year, 1856-1896, corrected from the Censuses (including that for 1895), and separated into males and females.
    Year.Population.
    Persons.Males.Females.