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Lambeth 1905
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1905
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DEATH-RATES (CORRECTED) IN METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS DURING 1905 PER 1,000 PERSONS LIVING.
| All Causes. | PrincipleEpidemic Diseases. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever. | Pyrexiat (Origin uncertain.) | Diarrhœa. | Phthisis. | Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births registered | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COUNTY OF LONDON | 15.1 | 1.70 | 0.00 | 0.37 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.32 | – | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.72 | 1.42 | 129 |
| West. | |||||||||||||
| Paddington | 13.3 | 1.39 | – | 0.42 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.34 | – | 0.03 | – | 0.53 | 0.96 | 123 |
| Kensington | 14.0 | 1.39 | – | 0.31 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.33 | – | 0.07 | – | 0.51 | 1.14 | 144 |
| Hammersmith | 13.9 | 1.70 | – | 0.24 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.48 | – | 0.04 | – | 0.67 | 1.16 | 135 |
| Fulham | 15.1 | 2.71 | – | 0.54 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.53 | – | 0.06 | – | 1.29 | 1.22 | 145 |
| Chelsea | 14.8 | 1.03 | – | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.30 | – | 0.05 | – | 0.42 | 1.51 | 117 |
| City of Westminster | 13.5 | 0.81 | – | 0.22 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.16 | – | 0.02 | – | 0.29 | 1.51 | 114 |
| North. | |||||||||||||
| St. Marylebone | 15.5 | 1.12 | – | 0.29 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.19 | – | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.42 | 1.46 | 88 |
| Hampstead | 9.3 | 0.53 | – | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.19 | – | 0.02 | – | 0.13 | 0.83 | 94 |
| St. Pancras | 15.8 | 1.50 | – | 0.33 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.35 | – | 0.03 | – | 0.57 | 1.52 | 135 |
| Islington | 14.5 | 1.47 | 0.00 | 0.36 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.33 | – | 0.05 | – | 0.52 | 1.26 | 125 |
| Stoke Newington | 12.9 | 1.14 | – | 0.23 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.19 | – | – | – | 0.57 | 1.33 | 122 |
| Hackney | 14.0 | 1.98 | 0.01 | 0.36 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.29 | – | 0.12 | – | 1.01 | 1.15 | 129 |
| Central. | |||||||||||||
| Holborn | 17.5 | 1.12 | – | 0.20 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.30 | – | 0.07 | – | 0.41 | 2.84 | 92 |
| Finsbury | 19.0 | 2.17 | – | 0.42 | 0.21 | 0.12 | 0.33 | – | 0.09 | – | 1.00 | 2.02 | 127 |
| City of London | 17.4 | 0.57 | – | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.09 | – | – | – | 0.31 | 1.34 | 149 |
| East. | |||||||||||||
| Shoreditch | 19.7 | 2.96 | 0.02 | 0.54 | 0.24 | 0.15 | 0.76 | – | 0.03 | – | 1.22 | 1.96 | 167 |
| Bethnal Green | 18.6 | 2.27 | – | 0.36 | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.42 | – | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.98 | 2.04 | 151 |
| Stepney | 17.7 | 2.58 | 0.00 | 0.52 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.45 | – | 0.07 | 0.00 | 1.15 | 1.72 | 141 |
| Poplar | 17.6 | 2.65 | – | 0.47 | 0.17 | 0.24 | 0.47 | – | 0.06 | – | 1.24 | 1.53 | 153 |
| South. | |||||||||||||
| Southwark | 18.5 | 2.39 | – | 0.74 | 0.13 | 0.21 | 0.38 | – | 0.05 | – | 0.88 | 2.13 | 148 |
| Bermondsey | 18.7 | 2.21 | – | 0.48 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.29 | – | 0.06 | – | 1.11 | 1.79 | 148 |
| Lambeth | 14.9 | 1.50 | – | 0.31 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.26 | – | 0.03 | – | 0.68 | 1.38 | 115 |
| Battersea | 14.5 | 1.99 | – | 0.71 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.29 | – | 0.03 | – | 0.75 | 1.34 | 131 |
| Wandsworth | 12.6 | 1.46 | – | 0.34 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.29 | – | 0.04 | – | 0.57 | 1.02 | 119 |
| Camberwell | 13.7 | 1.30 | – | 0.30 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.25 | – | 0.03 | – | 0.54 | 1.21 | 124 |
| Deptford | 14.3 | 1.19 | – | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.17 | – | 0.05 | – | 0.66 | 1.22 | 122 |
| Greenwich | 13.4 | 1.30 | – | 0.17 | 0.05 | 0.16 | 0.14 | – | 0.05 | – | 0.73 | 1.26 | 119 |
| Lewisham | 11.7 | 0.95 | 0.03 | 0.28 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.18 | – | 0.04 | – | 0.33 | 0.85 | 92 |
| Woolwich | 12.8 | 1.02 | – | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.13 | – | 0.06 | – | 0.51 | 1.52 | 102 |
N.B.—o.oo indicates that the deaths were too few to give a rate of 0.005; where no death occurred, — is inserted.:
† Originally described as Simple Continued Fever.
The above table is taken from the Registrar General's Annual Summary, and the rates for Lambeth Borough differ slightly from these
given in this Report.