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9
THE BIRTH-RATE.
The total number of Births registered during the year 1915 is
7,878. Of the total 7,878 births, 3,982 are males, and 3,896 females
showing an excess of 86 males.
Of the total 7,878 births registered, 543 took place in the Lying-in
Hospital (York Road), and of these 183 belong to the Borough ;
117 took place in the Workhouse (Brook Street), and of these 92
belong to the Borough ; whilst 503 took place in the Maternity
Hospital (Jeffrey's Road), and of these 141 belong to the Borough.
Thus, there are 747 births belonging to other districts. The
Lying-in Hospital, the Workhouse and the Maternity Hospital
tend to abnormally increase the birth-rates in Lambeth Church,
Kennington and Stockwell Districts respectively, and the necessary
corrections are, consequently, made in a footnote to Table A.
The uncorrected birth-rate for Lambeth is 27.7 per 1,000
inhabitants (30.9 for males and 25.1 for females) ; whilst in the
various Registration Sub-Districts the birth-rates work out as shown
in Table A, from which it will be seen that the un-corrected birth-rate
in the Inner Districts is 37.3, and that in the Outer Districts 20.9
per 1,000—the corrected birth-rates (i.e.,. excluding (a) NonLambethian
births and (b) all Institutional births) being lespectively
(а) 25.1 and (b) 23.6 for the whole Borough, (a) 32.5 and (b) 29.7
for the Inner, and (a) 19.7 and (b) 19.3 for the Outer Districts.*
Tables B and C show, for comparison, the number of births,
and the birth-rates, for 4 years (1911-1914) in the Borough, together
with the averages for the 2 decennia 1891-1900 (Parish) and 1901—
1910 Borough.
* N.B.—The births registered are those of infants of (a) civilians and
(b) non civilians, whereas the estimated population is civil population only.
The rates are, consequently untrustworthy.