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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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DEATH-RATES (CORRECTED) IN METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS DURING 1909 PER 1000 PERSONS LIVING.

All CausesPrincipal Epide'ic DiseasesSmall-poxMeaslesScarlet FeverDiphtheriaWhooping-CoughTyphusEnteric FeverPyrexia† (Origin uncertain)DiarrhœaPhthisisDeaths under 1 year 1000 Births
WestCrudeCorrected*
Paddington12.918.80.91...0.240.090.070.24...0.03...0.241.08100
Kensington13.314.41.00...0.320.050.100.22...0.04...0.270.96113
Hammersmith14.314.91.7...0.640.090.180.37...0.04...0.351.09120
Fulham12.012.61.57...0.420.060.230.28...0.02...0.561.17108
Chelsea14.415.01.00...0.320.080.200.17...0.03...0.201.45107
City of Westminster13.114.70.630.010.150.110.110.11...0.04...0.101.3495
North
St. Marylebone14.615.60.83...0.260.060.070.20...0.01...0.231.3599
Hampstead8.910.10.52...0.150.040.050.19...0.05...0.040.6175
St. Pancras14.815.50.97...0.440.070.110.13...0.03...0.191.61102
Islington14.014.61.22...0.570.070.090.25...0.04...0.201.23101
Stoke Newington11.311.80.63...0.180.060.040.26...0.02...0.070.8380
Hackney12.613.10.93...0.240.040.080.22...0.03...0.321.22102
Central
Holborn15.616.80.85...0.260.060.060.28...0.02...0.172.05102
Finsbury19.219.92.36...0.890.120.150.54...0.03...0.632.22131
City of London20.322.30.72...0.33--0.22...0.06...0.112.15113
East
Shoreditch19.020.02.87...1.140.080.190.63...0.05...0.781.75140
Bethnal Green16.817.01.99...0.600.190.130.31...0.03...0.731.54129
Stepney15.316.01.680.000.760.080.160.22...0.02...0.441.67119
Poplar16.316.82.37...0.910.130.120.49...0.08...0.641.29129
South
Southwark16.817.51.67...0.600.070.160.27...0.03...0.541.79119
Bermondsey18.819.22.74...1.570.120.070.43...0.02...0.531.78138
Lambeth14.114.51.19...0.320.080.180.26...0.030.000.321.11109
Battersea13.014.01.29...0.490.040.120.34...0.04...0.261.22107
Wandsworth11.912.50.96...0.370.050.090.23...0.020.000.200.9386
Camberwell13.413.91.08...0.370.060.150.18...0.02...0.301.19100
Deptford13.614.31.51...0.570.100.130.40...0.05...0.261.25102
Greenwich12.212.41.03...0.340.080.060.18...0.04...0.330.99100
Lewisham10.310.80.57...0.040.090.130.12...0.01...0.180.8074
Woolwich11.912.81.02...0.410.140.200.11...0.02...0.111.2082
County of London14.014.71.310.000.480.080.130.26...0.030.000.331.31108

N.B.-0.00 indicates that the deaths were too few to give a rate of 0.005; where no death occurred, is inserted.
* The Corrected death-rates represent the Crude death-rates multiplied by the respective factors for correction for difference
of sex and age constitution of population.
† Called Simple Continued Fever previous to 1901.
The above table is taken from the Registrar General's Annual Summary, and the rates for Lambeth Borough differ slightly
from those given in this Repor