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Lambeth 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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FEMALE SANITARY INSPECTORS.
1906 is a year's record of good work carried out by the Female
Sanitary Inspectors (Miss Gamble and Miss Pearson*) in connection
with (a) Factories, Workshops (Work-placest), Shops
Out-Workers' Homes, Laundries, etc., wherein women and girls
are employed ; (b) Underground Conveniences (belonging to the
Council), and other Ladies' Sanitary Conveniences (Railway
Stations, Hospitals, etc.) ; (c) Houses wherein births have
occurred, or deaths amongst infants under 1 year of age: (d)
schools wherein there have been infectious disease outbreaks ; etc.
The year's work, 1906, may be tabulated as follows :—
TABLE
Table of DEATHS during the year 1906 in the Borough of Lambeth, classified according to Diseases , Ages , and Localities—
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics, public institutions being shewn as separate localities. | Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages. | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | Under 1 yeaR. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis. Pneumonia and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Influenza. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | ||||||||||||||
| Puerperal. | Relapsing. | Continued. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Typhus. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Belgrave Hospital | 135 | 97 | 34 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 24 | ... | 1 | 15 | ... | ... | 3 | 83 | 130 | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ||||||||
| Kennington 2nd | 435 | 112 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 121 | 144 | Under 5 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 6 | 25 | ... | 1 | 19 | 2 | ... | 5 | 73 | 136 | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 35 | 42 | 52 | 8 | 5 | 150 | 299 | ... | ||||||||
| South Western Hospital | 120 | 4 | 67 | 23 | 17 | 9 | ... | Under 5 | ... | 40 | 25 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 71 | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 11 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 6 | 19 | ... | ||||||||
| Remainder of Brixton | 838 | 197 | 72 | 15 | 17 | 249 | 288 | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 45 | 1 | ... | 42 | 2 | ... | 2 | 140 | 269 | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | 6 | 53 | 101 | 93 | 24 | 8 | 273 | 569 | ... | ||||||||
| Lambeth Workhouse Schools | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 10 | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | ||||||||
| British Home of Incurables | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | .... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 6 | 7 | ... | ||||||||
| Remainder of Norwood | 340 | 71 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 100 | 122 | Under 5 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 12 | 1 | ... | ... | 48 | 96 | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 18 | 34 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 134 | 244 | ... | ||||||||
| Totals | 5028 | 1188 | 552 | 207 | 202 | 1668 | 1211 | Under 5 | ... | 41 | 51 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 4 | 80 | 69 | 251 | 1 | 11 | 277 | 8 | ... | 43 | 897 | 1740 | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 13 | 17 | 1 | 13 | ... | ... | 30 | ... | ... | 10 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 381 | 496 | 553 | 45 | 156 | 1534 | 3288 | ... | ||||||||
| The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging there to | 492 | 49 | 39 | 38 | 26 | 246 | 94 | Under 5 | ... | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 19 | ... | 1 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | 41 | 88 | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 7 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 2 | 30 | 37 | 56 | ... | 31 | 226 | 404 | ... | ||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto | 811 | 149 | 118 | 73 | 66 | 308 | 97 | Under 5 | ... | 28 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 8 | 1 | 17 | ... | 3 | 33 | ... | ... | 13 | 143 | 267 | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 9 | 7 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 71 | 3 | 53 | 343 | 544 | ... | ||||||||
* Miss Gamble was elected on October 3rd, 1901, and Miss Pearson
on December 8th, 1905.
† Workshops include Workplaces.
‡ Including 6 factories.
§ Houses where the business plate, or the local directory, or advertisements
in newspapers, or other sources of information implied a probability
that females workers would be employed, but