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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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Taking the Registration Sub-Districts (Table E), and the new Wards (Table F), into which the Borough is sut-divided, the corrected death-rates for 1905 will be found to vary between the Inner aud the Outer Districts as follows :—
| 1905. | Registration Sub-Districts. | New Wards. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inner. | Outer. | Inner. | Outer. | |
| General Death-rate (corrected) | 19.4 | 13.2 | 17.9 | 12.3 |
| Zymotic Death-rate (corrected) | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.05 |
Of the Registration Sub-Districts, Waterloo has the highest,
and Norwood the lowest general death-rates, and Lambeth
Church 2nd the highest, and Brixton the lowest, zymotic deathrates;
whilst of the New Wards, Bishop's has the highest, and
Herne Hill the lowest general death-rates, and Bishop's the
highest, and Tulse Hill and Herne Hill the lowest zymotic deathrates.
It is only by sub-dividing the rates up in this way that it is
possible to see where the (sanitarily) unsatisfactory parts of the
Borough are situated, and where, consequently, most care and
attention are still required at the hands of the Borough Council.
In this connection, Table F deals with the new Borough
Wards during 1904 and 1905, whilst Table E gives a similar
comparison between the 1904 and the 1905 statistics for the
Registration Sub-Districts of the Borough.
Tables G, H and I shew the uncorrected returns (male and
female) arranged as to Registration Sub-Districts, age periods,
and quarters respectively, and are given for comparison with
similiar tables in former Lambeth Reports.
The place that the Borough of Lambeth takes during 1905 in the
Registrar-General's corrected Returns amongst the Metropolitan
Districts is worthy of note, there being 16 other districts (out of
29) with a less general death-rate, 16 with a less zymotic