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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 1904
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1904
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TABLE C. Shewing the number of persons per house, the Marriage-, Birth-, and Death-Rates (corrected), and proportion of Deaths in Public Institutions, in the Borough of Lambeth for the Year 1904, and in the old Parish of Lambeth for ten years (1891-1900).
| The Year | Estimated No. of Persons per house. | Marriage-Rate per 1000 Population. | Birth-Rate per 1000 Population. | Corrected Death-Rate per 1000 Population. | Corrected Deaths of Children under 1 year, per 1000 Births. | Corrected Deaths of Children under 1 year, per 1000 Deaths. | Corrected Deaths of Children under 5 years, per 1000 Deaths. | Corrected Zymotic Death-Rate, per 1000 Population. | Deaths in Public Institutions per 1000 total uncorrected deaths. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Boro' | 1904 | 7.3 | 15.9 | 29.2 | 15.7 | 137.7 | 255.7 | 364.3 | 1.9 | 334.9 |
| Old Parish. | 1891 | 7.3 | 15.5 | 32.9 | 21.3 | 152.5 | 235.6 | 382.4 | 2.5 | 236.6 |
| 1892 | 15.0 | 32.9 | 19.5 | 135.5 | 229.1 | 383.2 | 2.5 | 272.4 | ||
| 1893 | 15.7 | 32.5 | 18.4 | 143.7 | 253.9 | 368.8 | 2.6 | 305.9 | ||
| 1894 | 15.4 | 32.1 | 16.8 | 132.5 | 252.8 | 400.3 | 2.4 | 284.7 | ||
| 1895 | 15.2 | 31.9 | 19.0 | 152.0 | 255.4 | 393.4 | 2.5 | 257.9 | ||
| 1896 | 16.5 | 32.4 | 17.2 | 136.9 | 257.6 | 401.1 | 2.4 | 295.7 | ||
| 1897 | 16.3 | 31.3 | 17.5 | 151.8 | 271.4 | 400.1 | 2.4 | 281.8 | ||
| 1898 | 17.0 | 30.4 | 17.9 | 154.1 | 262.6 | 384.7 | 2.4 | 277.1 | ||
| 1899 | 16.3 | 30.6 | 19.1 | 157.7 | 252.8 | 373.4 | 2.5 | 277.1 | ||
| 1900 | 15.7 | 29.4 | 17.4 | 144.9 | 244.6 | 346.9 | 1.6 | 282.5 | ||
| Average 1891-1900 | 7.3 | 15.9 | 31.6 | 18.4 | 146.1 | 251.3 | 382.9 | 2.4 | 276.7 | |
Note.—(a) Enumerated number of Inhabited Houses for the old Parish at Census 1891 was 38,556. (b) Enumerated
number of Inhabited Houses for the new Borough at Census 1901 was 41,511.