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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1902
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1902
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TABLE VI.
| 1901. | 1902. | 1901=1902. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarters. | Year. | Rate.* | Quarters. | Year. | Rate* | Total Deaths. | Rate* (mean). | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| WEST— | ||||||||||||||
| Paddington | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 11 | —_ | — | 20 | 0.13 | 20 | 0.06 |
| Kensington | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | 6 | 5 | — | — | 11 | 0.06 | 12 | 0.03 |
| Hammersmith | — | — | 2 | 13 | 15 | 0.13 | 8 | 5 | — | 13 | 0.11 | 28 | 0.12 | |
| Fulham | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 0.02 | 8 | 4 | 1 | — | 13 | 0.09 | 16 | 0.05 |
| Chelsea | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 7 | 0.09 | 8 | 0.05 |
| Westminster | — | — | 1 | 15 | 16 | 0.09 | 33 | 6 | — | — | 39 | 0.21 | 55 | 0.15 |
| Totals | — | — | 3 | 33 | 36 | 0.04 | 65 | 31 | 7 | — | 103 | 0.12 | 139 | 0.08 |
| N orth— | ||||||||||||||
| St. Marylebone | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0.05 | 17 | 7 | — | — | 24 | 0.18 | 31 | 0.11 |
| Hampstead | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.02 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 0.03 | 5 | 0.02 |
| St. Pancras | — | — | 20 | 21 | 41 | 0.17 | 41 | 31 | 9 | — | 81 | 0.34 | 122 | 0.25 |
| Islington | — | — | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.02 | 17 | 30 | 7 | — | 54 | 0.16 | 62 | 0.09 |
| Stoke Newington | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.06 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 8 | 0.15 | 11 | 0.10 |
| Hackney | — | — | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.02 | 25 | 44 | 1 | — | 70 | 0.31 | 75 | 0.16 |
| Totals — | — | 29 | 36 | 66 | 0.06 | 107 | 116 | 17 | — | 240 | 0.22 | 306 | 0.14 | |
CENTRAL—
| Holborn | — | — | 1 | 29 | 30 | 0.51 | 43 | 3 | —_ | _ | 46 | 0.75 | 76 | 064 |
| Finsbury | — | — | — | 7 | 7 | 0.07 | 26 | 1 | 9 | _ | 36 | 0.35 | 43 | 0"21 |
| City of London | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 0.08 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 7 | 0.27 | 9 | 017 |
| T otals | — | — | 1 | 38 | 39 | 0.21 | 72 | 8 | 9 | — | 89 | 0.48 | 128 | 034 |
| EAST— | ||||||||||||||
| Shoreditch | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | 0.04 | 61 | 14 | 1 | — | 76 | 0.64 | 81 | 0 34 |
| Bethnal Green | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 0.02 | 33 | 27 | 4 | — | 64 | 0.49 | 66 | 025 |
| Stepney | — | — | — | 22 | 22 | 0.07 | 172 | 77 | 11 | — | 260 | 0.86 | 282 | 0'46 |
| Poplar | — | — | — | 10 | 10 | 0.06 | 50 | 40 | 3 | — | 93 | 0.54 | 103 | 0'30 |
| Totals | — | 1 | — | 38 | 39 | 0.06 | 316 | 158 | 19 | — | 493 | 0.63 | 532 | 0'37 |
| SOUTH— | ||||||||||||||
| Southwark.. | — | — | 1 | 13 | 14 | 0.07 | 39 | 36 | 3 | — | 78 | 0.37 | 92 | 0.22 |
| Bermondsey | — | — | — | 14 | 14 | 0.11 | 7 | 22 | 2 | — | 31 | 0.23 | 45 | 0.17 |
| Lambeth | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.01 | 35 | 23 | 2 | — | 60 | 0.19 | 64 | 0.10. |
| Battersea | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 0.01 | 14 | 11 | 2 | — | 27 | 0.15 | 29 | 0.08 |
| Wandsworth | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 0.01 | 16 | 7 | 2 | — | 25 | 0.10 | 28 | 0.05 |
| Camberwell | — | — | — | 7 | 7 | 0.03 | 17 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 0.23 | 70 | 0.13 |
| Deptford | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | 18 | 15 | — | — | 33 | 0.29 | 3??? | 0.15 |
| Greenwich | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 0.03 | 9 | 12 | 1 | — | 22 | 0.22 | 25 | 0.12 |
| Lewisham | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | 4 | — | 12 | 0.09 | 12 | 0.04 |
| Woolwich | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | 14 | 22 | 2 | — | 38 | 0.31 | 39 | 0.16 |
| Totals | — | — | 2 | 47 | 49 | 0.03 | 174 | 193 | 21 | 1 | 389 | 0.21 | 438 | 0.12 |
| LONDON DEATHS | — | 2 | 35 | 192 | 229 | 0.05 | 734 | 506 | 73 | 1 | 1314 | 0.28 | 1543 | 0.16 |
| Do. Death-rates* | — | 0.00 | 00.3 | 0.17 | 0.05 | — | 0.64 | 0.44 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.28 | — | — | — |
* Annual Rates per 1,000 of estimated population.