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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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The details of the corrected tuberculosis deaths in the various Registration Sub-Districts are:—
| Registration Sub-Districts. | 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 | 53 | 15 | 68 | 1.1 | 1.5 | |
| Kennington | 37 | 13 | 50 | 0.8 | 1.1 | |
| Stockwell | 54 | 7 | 61 | 0.8 | 0.9 | |
| Brixton | 70 | 21 | 91 | 0.8 | 1.1 | |
| Norwood | 50 | 9 | 59 | 0.7 | 0.8 | |
| Borough of Lambeth | 264 | 65 | 329 | 0.8* | 1.l† | |
Rates for Inner Districts 0.9* and l.24†
Rates for Outer Districts 0.8* and 0.96†
During the six quinquennia 1891-1895 (Parish), 1896-1900
(Parish), 1901-1905 (Borough), 1906-1910 (Borough), 1911-1915
(Borough), and 1916-1920 (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,
386.8 and 367.6, and (b) 675.0,690.0,647.4, 567.4, 500.0, and 472.4
respectively, representing a steady decline in the total number of
tuberculosis corrected deaths registered during that period of 30
years, and this decline has continued since, i.e., during 1921, 1922
and 1923, viz. :—(a) pulmonary tuberculosis or consumption
(phthisis) and (b) tuberculosis (all forms) as follows :—(a) 275,
302 and 264, and (b) 342, 371 and 329 respectively. This is the
more remarkable, having regard to the increase of the censal
populations during that time from 278,393 in 1891 to 301,895 in
1901, 298,058 in 1911 and 302,960 in 1921, and the estimated
populations for 1921, 1922 and 1923 of 305,700, 307,000 and 308,500
respectively.
*† 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.