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Lambeth 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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In the REgistration Sub-Districts. the uncorrected infantile morality varird from 137.3 per 1,000 births in Brixton to 61.1 in Stockwell (the low rates of 122.1 in Lambeth Church, 105.5 in Kennington, and 61.1 in Stockwell, being due to the fact that these Sub-Districts contain the General Lying-in Hospital. the Workhouse and the Clapham Road Maternity Hospital respectively) thus-
| Total No. of Births (uncorrected). 1913. | Total Deaths under 1 year (uncorrected). 1913. | Infantile Mortality per 1,000 births (uncorrected). 1913. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lambeth Church* | 2366 | 289 | 122.1 |
| Kenningtont† | 1282 | 130 | 105.5 |
| Stockvell‡ | 2013 | 123 | 61.1 |
| Rrixton | 1551 | 213 | 137.3 |
| Norwood | 1179 | 76 | 64.5 |
| Lambeth | 8341 | 831 | 99 6 |
Inner Districts—104.4, Outer Districts—93.8
Excluding all the Lying-in Hospital births, the rate is 172.9.
†Excluding all the Workhouse births, the rate is 128 8.
‡Excluding all the Maternity births, the rate is 86.7.
N.B. —The births and deaths in Stockwell Registration Sub-Districts aredivided
equally between the Inner and Outer Districts for the purpose of
ealculating infantile mortality rates for such Districts in this Table.
The Infantile Mortality is regarded as a sensitive index of
the sanitary state of a District, and, judged by this index,
Lambeth Borough again takes a good position amongst
Sanitary Districts, a satisfactory fact to be able to
slate and one that is due to the precautionary measures
that are taken.
Systematic visiting and giving advice as to the feeding
and management of infants and children, together with the
free distribution. of official pamphlets dealing with the same
and kindred subjects, account in part for the decline in the
infantile mortality-rate throughout the Borough, whilst the
influence of the Milk Deoot must not be forgotten. The
Notification of Births Act 1907, is valuable in connection
with precautionary measures taken to prevent infantile
mortality. Meteorological conditions were favourable
during 1913 to a low infantile mortality-rate (vide Diarrhoea).
A leaflet was distributed freely throughout the crowded
Inner Districts of the Borough during 1913, dealing with
preventive measures to be taken against Summer
Diarrhœa.