London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
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
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE E. BOROUGH OF LAMBETH. COMPARISON BETWEEN STATISTICS FOR 1902 AND 1903—NEW WARDS.
| New Wards. | Death-Rates (corrected). | Zymotic Incidence per 1000 population.* 1903. 1902. | Total Number of Deaths (corrected). | Total Number of Cases. Zymotic 1903. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General. 1903. 1902. | Zymotic. 1903. 1902. | General. 1903. | Zymotic. 1903. | ||||||
| Inner— | 18.4 | 20.9 | 23 | 2.5 | 5.3 | 11.2 | 2556 | 325 | 742 |
| Marsh | 20.6 | 24.2 | 1.9 | 3.03 | 5.5 | 10.8 | 554 | 51 | 149 |
| Bishop's | 24.1 | 28.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 6.2 | 14.1 | 772 | 91 | 198 |
| Prince's | 14.3 | 14.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 10.6 | 690 | 105 | 245 |
| Vauxhall | 16.9 | 18.9 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 4.7 | 9.5 | 540 | 78 | 150 |
| Outer— | 12.5 | 14.9 | 1.03 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 6.9 | 2108 | 173 | 805 |
| Stockwell | 14.01 | 14.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 6.1 | 7.9 | 461 | 43 | 200 |
| Brixton | 12.9 | 16.9 | 1.01 | 1.6 | 5.4 | 8.4 | 574 | 45 | 241 |
| Heme Hill | 12.7 | 14.9 | 0.9 | 1.03 | 5.2 | 9.2 | 402 | 29 | 165 |
| Tulse Hill | 9.9 | 12.03 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 283 | 24 | 93 |
| Norwood | 12.5 | 15.2 | 1.03 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 388 | 32 | 106 |
*N,B.—The 40 Chicken-pox cases are excluded from this table.