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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 1905

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1905

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Table: TABLE A. Giving the number of Births and the Birth-Rates in each Registration Sub-District of the Borough of Lambeth during 1905 (arranged Quarterly).

TABLE A. Giving the number of Births and the Birth-Rates in each Registration Sub-District of the Borough of Lambeth during 1905 (arranged Quarterly).

Registration Sub-Districts.No. of Births.Total for the Year 1905.Rate per 1000 Inhabitants.
1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.
Waterloo Road 1st12411010910644952.1*
„ 2nd225235226249935
Lambeth Church 1st15812512512453228.9
„ 2nd393344354372146336.7†
Kennington 1st455419439392170531.2
,, 2nd23622124523693821.04
Brixton547491499478201522.5
Norwood20321819418379820.3
Borough of Lambeth2341216321912140883528.2

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* Including Lying-in Hospital (378 cases, of which 167 belong to Lambeth)—corrected rate (i.e., excluding
non-Lambethian births), = 44.1.
† Including Workhouse (172 cases, of which 147 belong to Lambeth)—corrected rate (i.e., excluding
non-Lambethian births), = 35.9.
Inner Districts, 39.8; Outer Districts, 23.9 per 1000—uncorrected (whole Borough=28.2).
Inner Districts, 36.9; Outer Districts, 23.9 per 1000—corrected (whole Borough =27.5).