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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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| New Registration Sub-Districts. | Deaths from | Total Deaths Tuberculosis. | Rate per 1000 living. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phthisis. | Tabes. Mes. and Tub. Men. | Other form Tuberculosis. | |||
| Waterloo | 50 | 6 | 7 | 63 | 2.5 |
| Lambeth Church | 51 | 13 | 10 | 74 | 2.9 |
| Kennington | 82 | 14 | 17 | 113 | 2.1 |
| Stockwell | 106 | 13 | 12 | 131 | 1.9 |
| Brixton | 77 | 15 | 11 | 103 | 1.3 |
| Norwood | 50 | 10 | 10 | 70 | 1.1 |
| No address given | 12 | — | 1 | 13 | — |
| Borough to Lambeth | 428 | 71 | 68 | 567 | 1.7 |
Inner Districts—2.3 per 1000 living.
Outer Districts—1.3 per 1000 living.
N.B.—When the address is not given, the deaths (13) have been distributed
equally amongst the Sub-Districts, whilst the deaths in the Stockwell
Sub-District have been equally divided between the Inner and Outer Districts
for the purpose of calculating rates in this Table.
The tuberculosis mortality rate per 1000 living during 1909
is 1.7, as compared with ].7, 1.9, 1.8, 1.9 and 2.0 during
1908, 1907, 1906, 1905 and 1904, respectively.
186 samples of sputum were examined bacteriologicaily
during 1909, and in 71, i.e., 38.2 per cent., tubercle bacilli
were found (vide p. 190).
The distribution of consumption or pulmonary phthisis,
as a disease, can be guaged from the notifications that have
been received from all sources, viz.: (1) under (a) the voluntary
Lambeth Notification (Consumption) Scheme, 1902,
and (b) the compulsory Poor Law Scheme, i.e., Public Health
(Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908 and (2) other sources