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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 1902
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1902
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BOROUGH OF LAMBETH. COMPARISON BETWEEN STATISTICS FOR 1901 and 1902.
| Death-Rates. | Infantile Mortality (uncorrected). | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General. | Zymotic. | Birth-Rates. | ||||||
| 1901. | 1902. | 1901. | 1902. | 1901. | 1902. | 1901. | 1902. | |
| Inner Wards— | ||||||||
| *Waterloo | 23.3 | 25.1 | 3.3 | 3.03 | 48.2 | 47.9 | 147.9 | 128.2 |
| Lambeth Church 1st | 22.5 | 22.1 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 32.3 | 32.4 | 268.9 | 324.9 |
| †Lambeth Church 2nd | 22.6 | 22.9 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 38.4 | 36.2 | 158.2 | 154.3 |
| Outer Wards— | ||||||||
| Kennington 1st | 18.5 | 16.8 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 34.5 | 33.9 | 128.5 | 111.7 |
| Kennington 2nd | 14.9 | 17.1 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 23.4 | 23.3 | 100.6 | 111.7 |
| Brixton | 14.4 | 14.9 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 24.3 | 24.5 | 125.9 | 107.2 |
| Norwood | 10.9 | 12.5 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 20.9 | 21.4 | 134.1 | 114.1 |
* Excluding; the 446 Lying-in Hospital Births, the birth rate is 31.5, and the infantile mortality rate 194.9.
† Excluding the 175 Workhouse Births, the birth-rate is 31.9, and the infantile mortality rate 175.6.