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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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BOROUGH OF LAMBETH. COMPARISON BETWEEN STATISTICS FOR 1903 and 1904. Registration Sub-Districts.
| Death-Rates (corrected). | Birth-Rates (uncorrected). | Infantile Mortality (uncorrected). | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General. | Zymotic. | |||||||
| 1903. | 1904. | 1903. | 1904. | 1903. | 1904. | 1903. | 1904. | |
| Inner Districts— | 20.1 | 20.7 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 40.1 | 40.1 | 151.9 | 170.4 |
| *Waterloo | 20.5 | 21.9 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 49.9 | 49.1 | 101.9 | 123.9 |
| Lambeth Church 1st | 18.8 | 19.02 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 30.6 | 30.9 | 266.4 | 289.9 |
| †Lambeth Church 2nd | 20.4 | 20.3 | 3.2 | 3.03 | 37.9 | 38.2 | 153.8 | 165.9 |
| Outer Districts— | 13.3 | 13.8 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 25.4 | 25.8 | 119.4 | 132.2 |
| Kennington 1st | 14.9 | 15.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 33.2 | 33.8 | 110.7 | 124.9 |
| Kennington 2nd | 14.1 | 15.4 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 22.2 | 22.9 | 126.8 | 168.2 |
| Brixton | 12.9 | 13.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 23.7 | 22.8 | 124.8 | 133.8 |
| Norwood | 10.9 | 10.9 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 29.4 | 20.6 | 116.1 | 104.3 |
*Excluding the 495 Lying-in Hospital Births, the birth-rate is 30.6, and the infantile mortality rate 224.1, for 1904.
†Excluding the 190 Workhouse Births, the birth-rate is 33.4, and the infantile mortality rate 189.5, for 1904.