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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 1916
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1916
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TABLE D (2). B. Wards. B. Wards.
| WARDS. | Total Death (corrected) | General corrected Deathrate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths (corrected) from | Total Zymotic Deaths. | Zymotic Death-rate per 1000 of the Population (corrected). | Diarrhæa Death-rate per 10,000 of the Population (corrected). | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Typhoid or Enteric. | Typhus. | Whooping Cough. | Cholera. | Continued Fever. | Diarrhæa. | ||||||
| Marsh | 179 | 8.9 | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 15 | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| Bishop's | 502 | 16.9 | – | 11 | – | 7 | 10 | – | – | – | – | 15 | 43 | 1.4 | 5.1 |
| Prince's | 859 | 21.6 | – | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 | – | – | – | – | 30 | 66 | 1.7 | 7.5 |
| Vauxhall | 405 | 13.9 | 12 | – | – | 7 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 15 | 37 | 1.3 | 5.2 |
| Stockwell | 484 | 15.9 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 17 | 0.5 | 2.9 |
| Brixton | 598 | 14.1 | – | 6 | – | 7 | 7 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 33 | 0.8 | 3.1 |
| Herne Hill | 440 | 13.9 | – | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 17 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| Tulse Hill | 301 | 10.1 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 5 | 11 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
| Norwood | 444 | 14.3 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 9 | 0.3 | 2.2 |
| Borough of Lambeth | 4212 | 14.8 | – | 49 | 7 | 41 | 45 | – | 1 | – | – | 105 | 248 | 0.9 | 3.7 |
1-4; diarrhœal, 0-6). Outer Wards—death rates per 1,000 population,
have been included in Bishop's and Prince's Wards, having
(25) respectively.
Inner Wards —death rates per 1,000 population (general, 16-4 ; zymotic,
13-7 (general, 13-7; zymotic, 0-5; diarrhœal, 0-2).
N.B. —Of the total deaths (corrected), 64 show no addresses, and
occurred in the Workhouse Infirmary (39), and in the Workhouse