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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 1909
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1909
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TABLE. Shewing Mortalities in Lambeth Borough at different Age-periods during 1909, compared with (1) those for London 1909, and (2) the averages for London, 1881-90.
| Age-periods. | LAMBETH. | LONDON. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated Populations (middle 1909). | Mortality Rates per 1000 Population 1909. | Mortality Rates per 1000 Population, 1909 Uncorrected. | Average of Ten Years, 1881—90, per 1000. | |||||
| Corrected. | Uncorrected. | |||||||
| 0—5 | 34818 | 35.9 | 40.2 | 38.9 | 68.4 | |||
| 5—20 | 91322 | 2.3 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 2.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 20—40 | 114505 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 7.7 | ||||
| 40-60 | 60228 | 15.5 | 16.9 | 20.2 | ||||
| 60—80 | 21666 | 2.1 | 69.7 | 70.3 | 62.3 | 63.3 | ||
| 80 and upwards | 1649 | 217.1 | 214.2 | 206.3 | ||||
| *Under 1 year | 7845 | 98.3 | 106.7 | 110.3 | 152.0 | |||
| All Ages | 324188 | 14.0 | 15.04 | 14.6 | 20.5 | |||
The Age-periods adopted in previous Lambeth Reports, are used for purposes of comparison, though
it is considered more accurate to sub-divide as follows:—1-5, 5-15, 15-25, 25-35, 35-45, 45-55, 55-65,
65-75, 75-85, 85 and over.
N.B.—The Rates (under 1 year) are given in terms of 1000 births.