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Lambeth 1903
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1903
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TABLE W. Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Sickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1903, in the Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth, classified according to Diseases and Localities. Local Government Board Old Table B.]
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Population at all Age. | Registered Births. | New Cases of Sickness in each the knowledge of the Medical | Locality, coming to Officer of Health. | Number of such Cases removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census 1901. | Estimated to middle of 1903. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Fevers. | Cholera | Erysipelas. | Chickenpox. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Chickenpox. | |||||||||||
| Typhus. | Typhoid or Enteric. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Waterloo Road lst | 27440 | 26939 | 1345 | — | 42 | 18 | — | — | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 18 | 7 | — | 35 | 14 | — | — | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Waterloo Road 2nd | 3 | 27 | 17 | — | — | 11 | — | — | 1 | — | 12 | — | 3 | 20 | 17 | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Lambeth Church 1st | 18423 | 18386 | 583 | 4 | 73 | 27 | — | — | 16 | — | — | 2 | — | 27 | 8 | 1 | 46 | 26 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lambeth Church 2nd | 39818 | 39858 | 1509 | 31 | 56 | 44 | 2 | — | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 60 | 3 | 31 | 53 | 36 | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Kennington 1st | 53198 | 53907 | 1788 | 31 | 105 | 32 | 4 | — | 27 | — | — | 4 | — | 27 | 12 | 31 | 98 | 32 | — | — | 19 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Kennington 2nd | 42896 | 43773 | 994 | 3 | 155 | 79 | 1 | — | 21 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 31 | 2 | 3 | 119 | 52 | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brixton | 84232 | 87069 | 2060 | — | 204 | 91 | 2 | — | 33 | 2 | — | 5 | — | 48 | 4 | — | 151 | 68 | — | — | 20 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Norwood | 35888 | 37779 | 810 | — | 82 | 21 | — | — | 11 | — | — | 2 | — | 13 | 4 | — | 47 | 5 | — | — | 9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 301,895 | 307,711 | 9069 | 72 | 744 | 329 | 9 | — | 133 | 7 | — | 17 | — | 236 | 40 | 72 | 569 | 250 | — | — | 92 | 3 | — | 4 | — | 4 | — |