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Total No.
of Births.
Total
Deaths under
1 year
(uncorrected).
Infantile
Mortality per
1,000 births
(uncorrected).
Waterloo Road 1st 443 85 191.9
„ „ 2nd 860 82 95.3
Lambeth Church 1st 605 194 320.7
„ „ 2nd 1445 223 154.3
Kennington 1st 1817 203 114.5
„ „ 2nd 1011 113 117.7
Brixton 2098 225 107.2
Norwood 788 90 114.2
Lambeth 9067 1215 134.0
N.B.— Waterloo Road 1st and 2nd have been amalgamated by the Registrar-
General, and now form one District called Waterloo Road.
* Excluding all the Lying-in Hospital births, the corrected rate becomes
198.6.
+ Excluding all the Workhouse births, the corrected rate becomes 183.5.
The Infantile Mortality (like the deaths under 1 year of
age) is regarded as a sensitive index of the Sanitary state
of a District, and judged by this index, Lambeth Borough
takes a most satisfactory position amongst Sanitary Districts.
Taking the Registrar-General's old 33 Large Towns of England
and Wales, the uncorrected infantile mortalities vary
from a minimum 125 Brighton and Derby, to a maximum
189 Preston, London being 141 and Lambeth 127. Lambeth
ranks third lowest in such list, 31 Towns (including London)
having higher infantile mortality rates. Of the 29 Metropolitan
Sanitary Districts, 7 have lesser infantile mortality
rates than Lambeth Borough; and of the ten South
Metropolitan Districts, 2 only have lesser infantile mortality
rates, viz.:—Lewisham and Woolwich, with 125 per 1000
births respectively, as compared with 127 for Lambeth
Borough.