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Lambeth 1909

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1909

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Table: TABLE D. TABLE D. Shewing the number of Births and Deaths, with Birth-and Death-rates in each of the Registration Sub-Districts of the Borough during 1909. The Deaths are from all causes, and from the chief zymotic diseases, and are corrected by adding Lambethians who die outside the Borough, by omitting strangers who die within the Borough, and by re-distributing persons (who die in Public Institutions) into the Districts from which they have been removed during illness.

TABLE D. TABLE D. Shewing the number of Births and Deaths, with Birth-and Death-rates in each of the Registration Sub-Districts of the Borough during 1909. The Deaths are from all causes, and from the chief zymotic diseases, and are corrected by adding Lambethians who die outside the Borough, by omitting strangers who die within the Borough, and by re-distributing persons (who die in Public Institutions) into the Districts from which they have been removed during illness.

NEW REGISTRATION SUB-DISTRICTS.Estimated Population (middle 1909)Total Births (uncorrected).Birth-rate per 1000 of the Population.Total Deaths (corrected).General corrected Death-rate per 1000 of the Population.Total Deaths (corrected) fromTotal Zymotic Deaths.Zymotic Death-rate per 1000 of the Population (corrected).Zymotic Death rate per 1000 of the Total Deaths (corrected).Diarrhœa Death-rate per 10000 of the Population.Infantile Mortality per 1000 Births (uncorrected).
Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Kever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Whooping Cough.Typhus.Typhoid or Enteric.Continued Fever.Cholera.Diarrhœa.
Waterloo*25921148457•343716•8...23248............21582•2132•78•1105•1
Lambeth Church2654172127•249518•6...225710...1......20652•4131•37•5199•7
Kenningtoo†55061150127•398117•6...282827...3......29971898•95•3134•6
Stockwell §67779193928•689313•2...14998...3......18610•968•32•770•7
Brixton82337160119•4103312•5...1471923...11...20851•0382•32•4102•4
Norwood66549119918•070110•532119...1......10360•551•31•581•7
Borough of Lambeth324188844526•4454014•0...104275885...91...1184021•288•53•6106•7

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•Excluding all the Lying-in Hospital births, the corrected birth-rate = 26•3 per 1000.
†Excluding all the the Workhouse births, the corrected birth-rate = 23•6 per 1000.
§Excluding all the Maternity births, the corrected birth-rate = 21•7 per 1000.
Of the 893 deaths in Stockwell New Registration Sub-District, 503 belong to the Inner and 390 to the Outer Districts.
Inner Registration Sub-Districts—death rates (general 17•1, zymotic 1•9).
Outer Registration Sub-Districts—death rates (general 11•6, zymotic 0•8).
N.B.—Of the total deaths (corrected), 141 shew no addresses, and have been included in Kennington Sub-District—having occurred in
the Workhouse (36), or in the Workhouse Infirmary (105).