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Births and 188 Deaths, 7 of the latter occurred in the Children's
Workhouse.
The comparative Mortality of Lambeth, the entire of the
Metropolis, and the South District, is shown in Table III.
The Mortality of Lambeth this year does not bear as favourable
a comparison as it did the two previous years with
that of the whole Metropolis, or of the Southern District of
which it is a part. The cause of this has been from the great
mortality caused by Measles and Whooping Cough, especially fatal
to children under 5 years of age. Had it not been for this, there
would have been a very favourable mortality from the more
serious forms of Zymotic Diseases. The almost complete freedom
from Small Pox, which raged so extensively and fatally during
the two previous years, is a matter of great satisfaction. Out of
a total of only 13 deaths from this disease, 8 were strangers to the
district, leaving but 5 cases belonging properly to Lambeth.
The most healthy districts were Norwood, Brixton, Kennington
2nd, and Kennington 1st. The Mortality of Norwood being
151.50 per 10,000, Brixton (after deducting the deaths of strangers
in the Hospitals at Stockwell) 171.80 per 10,000, in Kennington
2nd 192.10 per 10,000, and Kennington 1st 195.90. The four
less healthy were Lambeth 2nd, Waterloo 1st, Lambeth 1st, and
Waterloo 2nd The Mortality in Lambeth 2nd (after deducting
the deaths in the Workhouse) was 223.80, in Waterloo 1st (after
deducting the deaths in the Hospital situate in that district) was
221.60, in Lambeth 1st (after deducting the deaths in St. Thomas's
Hospital) was 220.60, and in Waterloo 2nd (after similar deduction)
was 209.60.
By the same table it is shewn that one person amongst every
41.87 living, died in London during the year; one amongst 42.75
living, died in the South District; and one amongst every 41.80
living, died in Lambeth. In the Waterloo Road 1st there were
one amongst 42.80 living, died during the year; in Waterloo 2nd,
one, amongst 46.17 living, died; in Lambeth Church 1st one