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Lambeth 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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The Lambeth Municipal Tuberculosis Dispensaries Scheme still
continues to justify its inauguration by the Council on 3rd October,
1912 (the Scheme being approved by the then Local Government
Board in 1913), as shown by statistics; and it is interesting, therefore,
to place on record the results up to date, as shown thereby for
the whole of the Borough of Lambeth, since the inauguration of the
Lambeth Scheme, in the form of (1) death rates, and (2) incidence
rates from tuberculosis in the two classifications of (a) pulmonary
tuberculosis and (b) tuberculosis (all forms) as follows:—
(1) Death Rates (corrected deaths per 1,000 population) :—
| Borough. | Inner Districts | Outer Districts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Tuberculosis (all forms). | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Tuberculosis (all forms). | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Tuberculosis (all forms). |
| 1913 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| 1914 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 1915 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 1916 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 1917 | 1.5 | 2.02 | 2.03 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| 1918 | 1.5 | 2.05 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| 1919 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| 1920 | 1.01 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.08 |
| 1921 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| 1922 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.07 |
| Averages (10 years) | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| 1923 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 |