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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE I. Shewing the corrected number of Deaths, with corrected Death-rates (general, zymotic and diarrhceal), in each of the Registration Sub-Districts of the Borough during 1933.
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Total Deaths | General Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population. | Total Deaths (corrected) from | Total Zymotic Deaths. | Zymotic Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population. | Diarrhoea Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough | Typhoid or Enteric | Diarrhoea and Dysentery | ||||||
| Lambeth Church | 561 | 13.92 | — | 4 | - | 6 | 9 | — | 15 | 34 | 0.84 | 0.37 |
| Kennington | 609 | 14.48 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | — | 12 | 19 | 0.45 | 0.28 |
| Stockwell * | 716 | 12.04 | — | — | 8 | 2 | — | 4 | 14 | 0.23 | 0.06 | |
| Brixton | 1,035 | 13.39 | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 0.29 | 0.11 |
| Norwood | 868 | 12.40 | — | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | 9 | 22 | 0.31 | 0.12 |
| Borough of Lambeth | 3,789 | 13.11 | — | 11 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 49 | 112 | 0.38 | 0.16 |
*Of the 716 deaths in Stockwell registration Sub-District, 359 belong to the Inner and 357 to the Outer Stockwell
Sub-District respectively.
Inner Registration Sub-Districts—death rates : general 13.71, zymotic 0.54, diarrhœal 0.25 per 1,000 population.
Outer Registration Sub-Districts—death rates : general 12.73, zymotic 0.28, diarrhœal 0.11 per 1,000 population.