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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 C.
Showing the Birth Rate (uncorrected) per 1,000 population, the General and Zymotic Death Rates (corrected)
per 1,000 population, the Infantile Mortality Rates (corrected) per 1,000 total Births and per 1,000 total corrected
Deaths, the Death Rate (corrected) for children under 5 years of age per 1,000 total corrected Deaths
and the proportion of Deaths uncorrected in Public Institutions per 1,000 total uncorrected Deaths, in the
Borough of Lambeth for the Year 1919 and for the Years 1911-1918, together with the averages for the two
decennia 1891-1900 (Parish) and 1901-10 (Borough).
TABLE C.
| The Year. | Birth-Rate per 1,000 Population (uncorrected). | Death-Rate per 1,000 Population (corrected.) | Corrected Deaths of Children 5 under 1 Year per 1,000 total Births. | Deaths of Children under 1 year per 1,000 Deaths (corrected) | Deaths of Children under 5 i years per 1,000 Deaths (corrected). | Zymotic Death- Rate per 1,000 1 Population, (corrected.) | Deaths in Public Institutions per 1,000 total Deaths (uncorrected.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 25.8* | 14.8 | 63.1 | 114.3 | 167.7 | 0.7 | 520.5 |
| 1918 | 21.7 | 18.9 | 70.3 | 90.7 | 192.2 | 1.3 | 564.0 |
| 1917 | 22.6* | 15.3 | 75.1 | 123.8 | 209.4 | 1.1 | 577.9 |
| 1916 | 25.8* | 14.8 | 70.8 | 134.1 | 202.8 | 0.9 | 558.1 |
| 1915 | 27.7 | 16.4 | 86.7 | 146.8 | 225.0 | 1.2 | 479.1 |
| 1914 | 27.6 | 14.4 | 88.9 | 170.5 | 238.9 | 1.3 | 475.6 |
| 1913 | 28.1 | 14.4 | 87.9 | 171.3 | 255.6 | 1.2 | 450.2 |
| 1912 | 27.4 | 13.2 | 152.3 | 73.2 | 233.6 | 0.9 | 446.9 |
| 1911 | 28.2 | 14.7 | 106.9 | 205.2 | 305.0 | 1.9 | 406.2 |
| Averages— | |||||||
| 1901-10 (Borough) | 28.1 | 14.9 | 115.3 | 216.7 | 319.4 | 1.5 | 386.0 |
| 1891-1900 (Parish) | 31 6 | 18.4 | 146.1 | 251.3 | 382.9 | 2.4 | 276.7 |
* N.B. —The birth-rate is calculated upon the special Borough populations estimated respectively for that purpose by the Registrar
General for the years 1916, 1917, 1918 and 1919, viz., 308,702, 303,245, 293,869 and 294,097. These populations are the civil
populations plus all non-civilians enlisted from this country, whether serving at home or abroad, this non-civilian element
being distributed over all the districts in the country in proportion to their estimated civilian population.