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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 1903
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1903
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BOROUGH OF LAMBETH. COMPARISON BETWEEN STATISTICS FOR 1902 and 1903. Registration Sub-Districts.
| Death-Rates (corrected). | Birth-Rates (uncorrected). | Infantile Mortality (uncorrected). | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General. | Zymotic. | |||||||
| 1903. | 1902. | 1903. | 1902. | 1903. | 1902. | 1903. | 1902. | |
| Inner Districts— | 20.1 | 23.4 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 40.1 | 39.2 | 151.9 | 174.2 |
| Waterloo | 20.5 | 25.1 | 1.8 | 3.03 | 49.9 | 47.9 | 101.9 | 128.2 |
| Lambeth Church 1st | 18.8 | 22.1 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 30.6 | 32.8 | 266.4 | 320.7 |
| Lambeth Church 2nd | 20.4 | 22.9 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 37.9 | 36.2 | 153.8 | 154.3 |
| Outer Districts— | 13.3 | 15.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 25.4 | 20.02 | 119.4 | 110.4 |
| Kennington 1st | 14.9 | 16.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 33.2 | 33.9 | 110.7 | 114.5 |
| Kennington 2nd | 14.1 | 17.1 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 22.2 | 23.3 | 126.8 | 117.7 |
| Brixton | 12.9 | 14.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 23.7 | 24.5 | 124.8 | 107.2 |
| Norwood | 10.9 | 12.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 29.4 | 21.4 | 116.1 | 114.2 |
| Lambeth | 15.2 | 17.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 29.5 | 29.7 | 131.7 | 134.0 |
* Excluding the 499 Lying-in Hospital Births, the birth-rate is 31.4, and the infantile mortality rate 162.4, for 1903.
†Excluding the 198 Workhouse Births, the birth-rate is 329, and the infantile mortality rate 176 9, for 1903.