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Lambeth 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE D (2). TABLE D (2).
Shewing the corrected number of Deaths, with corrected Death-rates (general, zymotic and diarrhoeal), in each of the Wards of the Borough during 1917. The deaths are from all causes, and from the 7 chief zymotic diseases, and are corrected by adding Lambethians who die outside the Borough, by omitting strangers who die within the Borough, and by re-distributing persons (who die in Public Institutions) amongst the Districts from which they have been removed into such Public Institutions for treatment.
| WARDS. | Total Deaths (corrected). | General corrected Death-rate per 1000 of the Population | Total | Deaths (corrected) from | Total Zymotic Deaths. | Zymotic Death-rate per 1000 of the Population (corrected). | Diarrhoea Death-rate per 10,000 of the Population (corrected). | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. | Typhoid or Enteric. | Continued Fever. | Cholera. | Diarrhoea. | ||||||
| Marsh | 296 | 15.5 | — | 26 | — | 7 | — | — | — | _ | — | 7 | 40 | 2.1 | 3. 6 |
| Bishop's | 519 | 18.3 | — | 14 | — | 6 | 7 | — | — | — | 11 | 39 | 1.4 | 3.9 | |
| Prince's | 790 | 207 | — | 22 | 1 | 7 | 8 | — | — | — | 22 | 60 | 1.6 | 5 .8 | |
| Vauxhall | 400 | 14 .4 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | 13 | 37 | 1.3 | 4.7 | |
| Stockwell | 421 | 14.4 | — | 9 | — | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 24 | 0.8 | 2.4 |
| Brixton | 568 | 13.9 | — | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 14 | 29 | 0.7 | 3.4 |
| Heme Hill | 439 | 14.4 | — | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 22 | 0.7 | 3.6 |
| Tulse Hill | 356 | 12.4 | — | 7 | — | 2 | 5 | _ | — | — | — | 2 | 16 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| Norwood | 379 | 127 | — | 9 | — | 11 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | 28 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
| Borough of Lambeth | 4168 | 15.3 | — | 108 | 6 | 48 | 38 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 91 | 295 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
Inner Wards death rates per 1,000 population (general, 17.7; zymotic, 1.5; diarrhoeal, 0.5). Outer Wards—death rates per 1,000 population,
(general, 13.6; zymotic, 0.7 ; diarrhoeal, 0.2).
N.B. Of the total deaths (corrected), 117 show no addresses, and have been included in Bishop's and Prince's Wards, having
occurred in the Workhouse Infirmary (67), and in the Workhouse (50) respectively.