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Lambeth 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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of corrected deaths under one year per 1,000 corrected births)
is therefore, 101'4. The annual average for the decennium 1901.10
(Borough) is 1227. In calculating this corrected infantile
mortality, it must be remembered that, whilst we subtract
the births that belong to outside districts, we do not add the
births of infants of Lambethian mothers who may happen to
be residing outside the Borough at the times of such births. Taking
the uncorrected births and the corrected deaths under 1 year, the
infantile mortality rate is 88'9. The annual average for the decennium
1901.10 (Borough), is 114'8.
Taking the uncorrected number of births (8,188) and the
uncorrected number of deaths under 1 year of age (865), the uncorrected
infantile mortality is 105.6. The annual average
for the decennium 1901.10 (Borough) is 123'8, and that for the
decennium 1891.1900 (Parish) is 150'5. The chief causes of the
deaths were debility, atrophy, and inanition, congenital malformations,
measles, whooping.cough, bronchitis, and other diseases
of the respiratory organs, diarrhcea, and premature births.
In the Registration Sub.Districts, the uncorrected infantile mortality varied from 1589 per 1,000 births in Brixton to 65.5 in Norwood (the low rates of 99.9 in Lambeth Church, 136.8 in Kennington, and 76.2 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) 1914. | Total Deaths under 1 year (uncorrected). 1914. | Infantile Mortality per 1000 births (uncorrected). 1914. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lambeth Church* | 2313 | 231 | 99.9 |
| Kennington† | 1177 | 161 | 136.8 |
| Stockwell‡ | 1967 | 150 | 76.2 |
| Brixton | 1541 | 245 | 158.9 |
| Norwood | 1190 | 78 | 65.5 |
| Lambeth | 8188 | 865 | 105.6 |
Inner Districts—104 4, Outer Districts—107.2.
*Excluding all the Lying.in Hospital births, the rate is 1501.
†Excluding all the Workhouse births, the rate is 154 5.
‡Excluding all the Maternity births, the rate is 107.7.
N.B.—The births and deaths in Stockwell Registration Sub.Districts are
divided equally between the Inner and Outer Districts for the purpose of
calculating infantile mortality rates for such Districts in this Table.