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Lambeth 1919
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1919
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TABLE D (2,.
TABLE D (2).
Shewing the corrected number of Deaths, with corrected
of the Borough during 1919. The deaths are from all causes,
Lambethians who die outside the Borough, by omitting strangers
die in Public Institutions) amongst the Districts from which they
Death-rates (general, zymotic and diarrhœal), in each of the Wards
and from the 7 chief zymotic diseases, and are corrected by adding
who die within the Borough, and by re-distributing persons (who
have been removed into such Public Institutions for treatment.)
TABLE D (2). B. Wards.
| WARDS. | Total Deaths (corrected). | General corrected Deathrate per 1000 of the Population. | Total I Deaths (corrected) from | Total Zymotic Deaths. | Zymotic Death-rate per 1000 of the Population (corrected). | Diarrhoea 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. | Diarrhœa. | ||||||
| Marsh | 323 | 16.3 | – | 6 | – | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 11 | 24 | 1.2 | 5.5 |
| Bishop's | 504 | 17.1 | – | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | 11 | 28 | 0.9 | 3.7 |
| Prince's | 651 | 16.5 | – | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 21 | 38 | 0.9 | 5.3 |
| Vauxhall | 421 | 14.6 | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 13 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
| Stockwell | 455 | 15.0 | – | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 20 | 0.6 | 2.3 |
| Brixton | 626 | 149 | – | – | 3 | 11 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | 11 | 28 | 0.7 | 2.6 |
| Herne Hill | 433 | 13.7 | – | 5 | 1 | 10 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 22 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| Tulse Hill | 330 | 11.1 | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 10 | 0.3 | 1.01 |
| Norwood | 449 | 14.5 | – | 2 | 1 | 6 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 6 | 16 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| Borough of Lambeth | 4192 | 14.8 | – | 26 | 16 | 61 | 12 | – | 4 | – | – | 80 | 199 | 0.7 | 2.8 |
Inner Wards —death rates per 1,000 population (general, 16.1 ; zymotic,
(general, 13.9; zymotic, 0.6; diarrhœal, 0.18).
0.9; diarrhœal, 0.42). Outer Wards—death rates per 1,000 population
N.B. —of the total deaths (corrected), 16 show no addresses, and
occurred in the Workhouse Infirmary (10), and in the Workhouse
have been included in Bishop's and Prince's Wards, having
(6) respectively.