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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 1919
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1919
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The details of the tuberculosis deaths in the various Registration Sub-Districts are:—
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Corrected Deaths from | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pul. Tub. or Phthisis (consumpt'n) | Other Forms Tuberculosis. | Total Deaths Tuberculosis (all forms) | Phthisis-rate per 1,000 population. | Tuberculosis rate per 1,000 population (all forms). | |
| Lambeth Church | 69 | 14 | 83 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| Kennington | 83 | 17 | 100 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| Stockwell | 57 | 14 | 71 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| Brixton | 87 | 15 | 102 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| Norwood | 46 | 15 | 61 | 0.7 | 1.01 |
| Borough of Lambeth | 342 | 75 | 417 | *1.2 | †1.5 |
Rates for Inner Districts
Rates for Outer Districts 0.9* and 1.2.
Two of the total corrected deaths registered from tuberculosis
phthisis or the pulmonary form) show no addresses and have been
included in Kennington Registration Sub-District with the Workhouse
and Workhouse Infirmary deaths.
During the five quinquennia 1891-1895 (Parish), 1896-1900
(Parish), 1901-1905 (Borough), 1906-1910 (Borough), and 1911-1915
(Borough), the yearly averages of total deaths from (a) pulmonary
tuberculosis or consumption (phthisis), and (b) tuberculosis (all
forms) were (a) 478.8, 496.8, 462.8, 421.6 and 386.8, and (b)
675.0, 690.0, 647.4, 567.4 and 500.0 respectively, representing
a steady decline in the number of tuberclosis deaths during that
period of 25 years, and this decline has continued up to the end of
1919.
* In calculating the death rates for the Registration Sub-Districts (Inner
and Outer), the deaths registered in Stockwell Sub-District are divided equally
between Inner and Outer Stockwell, as has been done in previous Reports