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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 C. Showing the Birth Rate (uncorrected) per 1,000 population, the General and Zymotic Death Rates (corrected) per 1,000 population, the Infantile Mortality Rates (corrected) per 1,000 total Births and per 1,000 total cor rected Deaths, the Death Rate (corrected) for children under 5 years of age per 1,000 total corrected Deaths and the proportion of Deaths uncorrected in Public Institutions per 1,000 total uncorrected Deaths, in the Borough of Lambeth for the Year 1915 and for the Years 1911-1914, together with the averages for the two decennia 1891-1900 (Parish) and 1901-10 (Borough).
| The Year. | Birth-Rate per 1,000 Population, (uncorrected). | Death-Rate per 1,000 Population (corrected.) | Corrected Deaths of Children under 1 Year per 1,000 total Births. | Deaths of Children under 1 year per 1,000 Deaths (corrected) | Deaths of Children under 5 years per 1,000 Deaths (corrected). | Zymotic Death-Rate per 1,000 Population, (corrected.) | Deaths in Public Institutions per 1,000 total Deaths (uncorrected.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 27.7 | 16.4 | 86.7 | 146.8 | 225.0 | 1.2 | 479.1 |
| 1914 | 27.6 | 14.4 | 88.9 | 170.5 | 238.9 | 1.3 | 475.6 |
| 1913 | 28.1 | 14.4 | 87.9 | 171.3 | 255.6 | 1.2 | 450.2 |
| 1912 | 27.4 | 13.2 | 73.2 | 152.3 | 233.6 | 0.9 | 446.9 |
| 1911 | 28.2 | 14.7 | 106.9 | 205.2 | 305.0 | 1.9 | 406.2 |
| Averages— 1901-10 (Borough) | 28.1 | 14.9 | 115.3 | 216.7 | 319.4 | 1.5 | 386.0 |
| 1891-1900 (Parish) | 31.6 | 18.4 | 146.1 | 251.3 | 382.9 | 2.4 | 276.7 |