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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 E. BOROUGH OF LAMBETH. COMPARISON BETWEEN STATISTICS FOR 1904 and 1905. Registration Sub-Districts.
| Death-Rates (corrected) per 1000 population. | Birth-Rates (uncorrected) per 1000 population. | Infantile Mortality (uncorrected) per 1000 births. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General. | Zymotic. | |||||||
| 1904. | 1905. | 1904. | 1905. | 1904. | 1905. | 1904. | 1905. | |
| Inner Districts— | 20.7 | 19.4 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 40.1 | 89.8 | 170.4 | 184.7 |
| * Waterloo | 21.1 | 21.1 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 49.1 | 52.1 | 123.9 | 97.6 |
| Lambeth Church 1st | 19.02 | 16.2 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 30.9 | 28.9 | 289.9 | 212.4 |
| † Lambeth Church 2nd | 20.3 | 19.7 | 3.03 | 2.2 | 38.2 | 86.7 | 165.9 | 141.5 |
| Outer Districts— | 13.8 | 13.2 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 25.8 | 23.9 | 132.2 | 123.1 |
| Kennington 1st | 15.8 | 14.2 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 33.8 | 31.2 | 124.9 | 108.5 |
| Kennington 2nd | 15.4 | 14.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 22.9 | 21.04 | 168.2 | 206.8 |
| Brixton | 13.1 | 12.5 | 1.3 | 1.03 | 22.8 | 22.5 | 133.8 | 105.2 |
| Norwood | 10.9 | 10.9 | 1.3 | 1.04 | 20.6 | 20.3 | 104.3 | 101.5 |
| Lambeth | 15.7 | 14.8 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 29.2 | 28.2 | 146.6 | 127.6 |
* Excluding the 378 Lying-in Hospital Births, the birth-rate is 37.8, and the infantile mortality rate 134.2, for 1905.
† Excluding the 172 Workhouse Births, the birth-rate is 32.3, and the infantile mortality rate 160.4, for 1905.