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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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corrected infantile mortality, it must be remembered that,whilst the
institutional births, that belong to outside districts, are subtracted,
the births of infants of Lambethian mothers who may happen to be
residing outside the Borough at the times of such births are not
added. Taking the uncorrected births and the corrected deaths
under 1 year, the infantile mortality rate is 63.1 per 1,000, the
annual average for the decennium 1901-10 (Borough), being 114.8.
Taking the uncorrected number of births (7,596), and the
uncorrected number of deaths under 1 year of age (640), the uncorrected
infantile mortality is 84'2, the annual average
for the decennium 1901-10 (Borough) being 123'8, and that for the
decennium 1891-1900 (Parish) 150.5. The chief causes of these
deaths under 1 year are debility, atrophy, and inanition, congenital
malformations, measles, whooping-cough, syphilis, bronchitis
and other diseases of the respiratory organs, diarrhoea, and
prematurity.
In the Registration Sub-Districts, the uncorrected infantile mortality varied from 54.6 per 1,000 births in Stockwell to 126 9 in Kennington, thus:—
| Total No. of Births (uncorrected) 1919. | Total Deaths under 1 year (uncorrected). 1919. | Infantile Mortality per 1000 births (uncorrected). 1919. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lambeth Church* | 2260 | 181 | 80.1 |
| Kennington | 1032 | 131 | 126.9 |
| Stockwell | 2051 | 112 | 54.6 |
| Brixton | 1238 | 148 | 119.5 |
| Norwood | 1015 | 68 | 66.9 |
| Lambeth | 7596 | 640 | 84.2 |
§ Inner Districts —85.2, Outer Districts—82.9.
* Excluding all the Lying-in Hospital births, the rate is 138.3.
Excluding all the Workhouse births, the rate is 175.6.
Excluding all the Maternity Hospital births, the rate is 100.1.
§ N.B.—The births and deaths in Stockwell Registration Sub-Districts are
divided equally between the Inner and Outer Districts for the purpose of
calculating infantile mortality rates for such Districts in this Table.