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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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Returns of all Births (with addresses of mothers), registered
in Lambeth, are obtained from the District Registrars week by
week, for the purpose of checking the notification returns and vice
versâ.
A list of all notified births is sent to the London County
Council weekly in pursuance of sub-section 5, of section 2, of the
Act, and the Medical Officers of Health concerned are written
to in connection with babies born in Lambeth Public Institutions
but belonging to Districts outside the Borough.
The Registrar-General provides particulars of transferable births registered, and for 1919 his figures for the Borough of Lambeth are as follows :—
| Inward | Outward | |
|---|---|---|
| Transfers. 41 | Transfers. | |
| Legitimate Males | 41 | 847 |
| Legitimate Females | 43 | 825 |
| Illegitimate Males | 20 | 216 |
| Illegitimate Females | 27 | 152 |
| Totals | 131 | 2040 |
The Registrar-General's corrected number of births is 5,518,
differing slightly from the corrected number of births calculated
locally and found in this Report, viz., 6,057.
Lambeth Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme.*
During 1919, the Lambeth Maternity and Child Welfare
Scheme has continued to justify its inauguration on April 13th,
1916, the various voluntary centres carrying out useful work in
the respective areas allotted to them, such work being amalgamated
and co-ordinated with the Council's Municipal Infants Consultations
Centre and Public Health Department. During 1919 no new voluntary
centre was approved.
* In connection with the Scheme, the Council approved, during 1917, of the
principle of making financial grants out of the Rates to the Voluntary Centres
under certain conditions, and, during 1918 and 1919, put into force throughout
the Borough the Milk (Mothers and Children) Orders, 1918 and 1919 respectively.