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Lambeth 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE A. Giving number of Births and Birth-Rates in each Registration Sub-District of the Borough of Lambeth during
1917 (arranged Quarterly).
| Registration Sub-Districts. | No. of Births. | Total for the Year 1917. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | ||
| Lambeth Church* | 527 | 530 | 501 | 469 | 2027 |
| Kennington† | 226 | 262 | 204 | 201 | 893 |
| Stockwell § | 507 | 495 | 460 | 426 | 1888 |
| Brixton | 345 | 300 | 275 | 258 | 1178 |
| Norwood | 242 | 246 | 209 | 186 | 883 |
| Borough of Lambeth | 1847 | 1833 | 1649 | 1540 | 6869 |
*Including Lying-in Hospital (797 cases, of which 179 belong to Lambeth). † Including Workhouse (192 cases, of which 126
belong to Lambeth). §Including Maternity Hospital (890 cases, of which 203 belong to Lambeth).
N.B.—The births are those of infants of (a) civilians and (b) non-civilians, and the population is that estimated by the Registrar-General
for the Borough of Lambeth for the year 1917 for the purpose of calculating birth-rates, viz., 303,245, giving an uncorrected
birth-rate of 22-6, and a corrected birth-rate (i.e.,after deducting 1,372 non-Lambethian Institutional births) of 18.1 per
1,000 population.