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Lambeth 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Bermondsey the highest, viz.: 18.8, as compared with 14.6 for
Lambeth, 13.3 for Battersea, 13.9 for Camberwell, and 18.0 for
Southwark.
London, as a whole, has a birth-rate of 25.6, corrected deathrate
of 14.6, a corrected zymotic (death-) rate of 1.4 per 1000
population, and an infant mortality (corrected) of 116 per 1000
births; and England and Wales a birth-rate of 26.3, a death-rate
of 15.0, a zymotic death-rate of 13 per 1000 population, and
an infantile mortality of 118 per 1000 births; and the RegistrarGeneral's
76 great towns of England and Wales a birth-rate of
27.0, a death-rate of 15.4, a zymotic death-rate of 1.5 per 1000
population, and an infantile mortality of 127 per 1000 births.
Age-Periods of Corrected Deaths.
The 4652 corrected deaths during 1907 may be furti er analysed, and tabulated as follow:— 941, i.e., 20.2 per cent. of the total (corrected) deaths too
| place under 1 year of age. | |||
| 517, i.e., | 1l.l | ,, | between 1 and 5 years. |
| 1458, i.e., | 313 | under 5 years. | |
| 226, i.e., | 4.9 | ,, | between 5 and 20 years. |
| 529, i.e., | 11.4 | 20 to 40 years. | |
| 904, i.e., | 19.4 | ,, | 40 to 60 years. |
| 1187, i.e., | 25.5 | ,, | 60 to 80 years. |
| 348, i.e., | 7.5 | 80 years and over. | |
| 3194, i.e., | 68.7 | ,, | over 5 years. |
These results may be compared with those for London given
in the Table on p. 23 which shows the|estimated mortalities per
1000 persons at each age-period for London during 1907 and the
London averages for the 10 years 1881-90.