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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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Table: In the Registration Sub-Districts of Lambeth, the uncorrected infantile mortality varies from 266 4 per 1,000 births in Lambeth Church 1st to 79*2 in Waterloo Road 2nd (the rates of 79 2 in Waterloo Road 2nd and 153*8 in Lambeth Church 2nd being due to the fact that these Sub-Districts contian the General Lying-in Hospital and the Workhouse respectively), thus:-

In the Registration Sub-Districts of Lambeth, the uncorrected infantile mortality varies from 266 4 per 1,000 births in Lambeth Church 1st to 79*2 in Waterloo Road 2nd (the rates of 79 2 in Waterloo Road 2nd and 153*8 in Lambeth Church 2nd being due to the fact that these Sub-Districts contian the General Lying-in Hospital and the Workhouse respectively), thus:-

Total No. of Births.Total Deaths under 1 year (uncorrected).Infantile Morality per 1,000 births (uncorrected).
Waterloo Road 1st43665149.3
,, ,, 2nd9097279.2*
Lambeth Church 1st563150266.4
„ „ 2nd†1509232153.8†
Kennington 1st1788198110.7
„ 2nd994126126.8
Brixton2060257124.8
Norwood81094116.05
Lambeth90691194131.7

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N.B.—Waterloo Boad 1st and 2nd have been amalgamated by the
General, and now form one District called Waterloo.
♦Excluding all the Lying-in Hospital births, the corrected rate is 175'6.
tExcluding all the Workhouse births, the corrected rate is 176'9.
The Infantile Mortality (like the deaths under 1 year of age)
is regarded as a sensitive index of the Sanitary state of a
District, and, judged by this index, Lambeth Borough takes a
most satisfactory position amongst Sanitary Districts. Taking
the Registrar-General's old 33 Large Towns of England and
Wales, the uncorrected infantile mortalities vary from a minimum
108 Croydon, to a maximum 217 Burnley, London and Lambeth
being 131. Lambeth ranks ninth lowest in such list, being
bracketed with London, 24 Towns having higher infantile
mortality rates. The corrected rate for Lambeth is 125,
and of the 29 Metropolitan Sanitary Districts, 11 have
lesser infantile mortality rates than Lambeth Borough ; and
of the 10 South Metropolitan Districts, 4 only have lesser
infantile morality rates, viz :—Lewisham, Woolwich, Wandsworth
and Camberwell with 92, 108, 109, and 123 per 1,000
births respectively, as compared with 125 for Lf-mbeth Borough
—the 2 highest rates being registered in Southwaik aud
Bermondsey, viz., 148 and 158.