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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: the General Lying-In Hospital, the Workhouse and the Maternity Hospital respectively), thus:—

the General Lying-In Hospital, the Workhouse and the Maternity Hospital respectively), thus:—

Total No. of Births (uncorrected).Total Deaths under 1 year (uncorrected).Infantile Mortality per 1,000 births (uncorrected).
Waterloo*1484156105.1
Lambeth Church721144199.7
Kenningtont†l501202134.6
Stockwell‡193113770.7
Brixton1601164102.4
Norwood11999881.7
Lambeth8445901106.7

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Inner Districts—122.1, Outer Districts—87.6
*Excluding all the Lying-in Hospital births, the rate is 229.1.
†Excluding all the Workhouse births, the rate is 155.6.
‡Excluding all the Maternity births, the rate is 93.2.
N.B.—The births and deaths in Stockwell Registration Sub-Districts are
divided equally between the Inner and Outer Districts for the purpose of
calculating infantile mortality rates for such Districts in this Table.
The Infantile Mortality is regarded as a sensitive index of
the Sanitary state of a District, and, judged by this index,
Lambeth Borough takes a good position amongst Sanitary
Districts. Taking the Registrar-General's old 33 Large
Towns of England and Wales, the uncorrected infantile
mortalities vary from a minimum 80 in Croydon to a
maximum 159 in Swansea, Lambeth and London being 106
and 108 respectively. Lambeth ranks eighth lowest in
such list, 26 Towns having higher infantile mortality rates.
Taking the Registrar-General's figures, the corrected rate
for Lambeth is 97, and, of the 29 Metropolitan Districts,
7 have lesser rates than Lambeth Borough. Of the 10
South Metropolitan Districts, 3 have lesser rates than Lambeth.