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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 1915
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1915
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TABLE D (2). Shewing: the corrected number of Deaths, with corrected Death-rates (general, zymotic and diarrhœal), in each of the Wards of the Borough during 1915. The deaths are from all causes and from the 7 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) amongst the Districts from which they _ have been removed into such Public Institutions for treatment.
| WARDS. | Total Deaths (corrected). | General corrected Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths (corrected) from | Total Zymotic Deaths. | Zymotic Death-rate per 1000 of the Population (corrected). | Diarrhœa Death-rate per 10,000 of the Population (corrected). | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. | Typhoid or Enteric. | Continued Fever. | Cholera. | Diarrhoea. | ||||||
| Marsh | 212 | 10.6 | — | 7 | — | 3 | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | 13 | 29 | 1.4 | 6.5 |
| Bishop's | 620 | 20.9 | — | 21 | 3 | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 48 | 1.6 | 5.1 |
| Prince's | 972 | 24.4 | — | 31 | 4 | 6 | 17 | — | 4 | — | — | 41 | 103 | 2.6 | 10.3 |
| Vauxhall | 479 | 16.5 | — | 12 | 1 | 5 | 12 | — | 2 | — | — | 15 | 47 | 1.6 | 5.2 |
| Stockwell | 454 | 14.9 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 9 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Brixton | 669 | 15.8 | — | 8 | — | 10 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 11 | 33 | 0.8 | 2.6 |
| Herne Hill | 449 | 14.1 | — | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 23 | 0.7 | 2.5 |
| Tulse Hill | 316 | 10.6 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 14 | 0.5 | 2.3 |
| Norwood | 482 | 15.5 | — | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 29 | 0.9 | 3.9 |
| Borough of Lambeth | 4653 | 16.4 | — | 91 | 17 | 45 | 49 | — | 9 | — | — | 124 | 335 | 1.2 | 4.4 |
Inner Wards—death rates (general, 19 3 ; zymotic, 19 ; diarrhœal, 0.7).
Outer Wards—death rates (general, 14.3; zymotic, 0.7; diarrhœal, 0.2).
N.B.—Of the total deaths (corrected), 58 show no addresses, and , .
have been included in Bishop's and Princes Wards, having
occurred in the Workhouse Infirmary (35) or in the Workhouse
(23) respectively.