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Lambeth 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| Brought dead to | Clapham Junction Station | 1 | ||
| Hospital | 2 | |||
| Private Houses | 15 | Walworth Road Station (S.E. & C. Rly.) | 1 | |
| Clapham Common | 2 | |||
| River Thames | 10 | |||
| Streets | 4 | River Lea | 2 | |
| In Motor Omnibus | Dulwich Common | 1 | ||
| Surrey Canal | 1 | |||
| Summary. | ||||
| I. General Hospitals | 151 | |||
| II. Special and Fever Hospitals | 78 | |||
| III. Infirmaries and Workhouses | 21 | |||
| IV. Asylums | 184 | |||
| V. Elsewhere (unclassifiable) | 40 | |||
| 474 | ||||
Whether the corrected or uncorrected death-rates for the
Borough of Lambeth (as a whole) be taken, they are very satisfactory
for the year 1907, the seventh year of existence of the
newly-formed Borough. Sub-dividing the death-rates amongst
the 6 new Registration Sub-Districts, it will be again noted that
he Inner Districts, e.g., Waterloo, Lambeth Church, Kennington,
and part of Stockwell, have, collectively and individually,
suffered more than the Outer Districts, e.g., part of Stockwell,
Brixton and Norwood. So, too, if the death-rates be subdivided
amongst the 9 new Wards, it will be noted also that
the Inner Wards, e.g., Marsh, Bishop's, Prince's, and Vauxhall,
have, collectively and individually, suffered more than the
Outer Wards, e.g., Stockwell, Brixton, Herne Hill, Tulse Hill,
and Norwood. The reason for this difference is again to
be noted in the fact that the Inner Districts and Wards are
more congested than the Outer. The status of the inhabitants
and the general conditions (sanitary and otherwise) under which