Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1915
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| Wards. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
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| Sub-Districts. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
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| Old Parliamentary Divisions. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
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| * Adjusted Parliamentary Divisions. | New Wards. | Total. |
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| Registration Sub-Districts. | No. of Births. | Total for the Year 1915. | Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants. | |||
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| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | |||
| Year. | Estimated Population. | Number of Births Registered. | Corrected Numbers of Deaths. | Deaths in Public Institutions in Lambeth (uncorrected). | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Ages. | Under 1 Year. | Under 5 Years. | Deaths from 7 Chief Zymotic Diseases. | ||||
| The Year. | Birth-Rate per 1,000 Population, (uncorrected). | Death-Rate per 1,000 Population (corrected.) | Corrected Deaths of Children under 1 Year per 1,000 total Births. | Deaths of Children under 1 year per 1,000 Deaths (corrected) | Deaths of Children under 5 years per 1,000 Deaths (corrected). | Zymotic Death-Rate per 1,000 Population, (corrected.) | Deaths in Public Institutions per 1,000 total Deaths (uncorrected.) |
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| Inward Transfers. | Outward Transfers. |
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| Age Periods. | Males. | Females. | Totals. |
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| REGISTRATION SUB-DISTRICTS. | Total Deaths (corrected). | General corrected Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Total Deaths (corrected) from | Total Zymotic Deaths. | Zymotic Death-rate per 1000 of the Population (corrected). | Diarrhoea Death-rate per 10000 of the Population (corrected). | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. | Typhoid or Enteric. | Continued Fever. | Cholera. 1 | Diarrhoea. | ||||||||||
| WARDS. | Total Deaths (corrected). | General corrected Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths (corrected) from | Total Zymotic Deaths. | Zymotic Death-rate per 1000 of the Population (corrected). | Diarrhœa Death-rate per 10,000 of the Population (corrected). | |||||||||
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| Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. | Typhoid or Enteric. | Continued Fever. | Cholera. | Diarrhoea. | ||||||
| Causes of Death. | Male. | Female. |
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| Total No. of Births (uncorrected) 1915. | Total Deaths under 1 year (uncorrected). 1915. | Infantile Mortality per 1000 births (uncorrected). 1915. |
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| Registration Sub-Districts. | Corrected Deaths from | ||||
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| Pul. Tub.or Phthisis (consumpt'n) | Other Forms Tuberculosis. | Total Deaths Tuberculosis (all forms) | Phthisis-rate per 1,000 population. | Tuberculosis rate per 1,000 population. | |
| Disease. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | Total (corrected) Deaths in 1915. | Annual average of ten years 1901-1910 (Borough). | Annual average of ten years 1891-1900 (Parish). | |
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| Class of Disease. | Borough 1914. | Borough 1915. | ||
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| No. of Deaths (corrected). | Percentage of Total Deaths (corrected). | No. of Deaths (corrected). | Percentage of Total Deaths (corrected). | |
| Borough 1914. | Borough 1915. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Deaths under One Year (Corrected) | Proportion to 1000 Births (Corrected).* | Total Deaths under One Year (Corrected). | Proportion to 1000 Births (Corrected).* | |
| Causes of Deaths. | Percentage of total Deaths (uncorrected). | |
|---|---|---|
| 1914. | 1915. | |
| Number of Notifications on Form A. | Number of Notifications on Form B. | Number of Notifications on Form C. | Number of Notifications on Form D. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Age-Periods. | Primary Notifications. (Medical.) | *Total Notifications (i.e., including cases previously notified by other Doctors). (Medical.) | Primary Notifications (Medical.) | † Total Notifications (i.e.. including cases previously notified by other Doctors). (Medical.) | Cases admitted to | Cases discharged from | ||||||||||||||||
| O to 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | upwards. | Total | | Under 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | Total." | Poor Law Institutions. (Medi | Sanatoria. cal.) | Poor Law Institutions. (Medi | Sanatoria. cal.) | |||
| Wards. 1915. | Tuberculosis (All Forms.) | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||||||||||||
| A. | B. | C. | D. | A. | B. | C. | D. | |||||||||
| Registration Sub-Districts. 1915. | Tuberculosis (All Forms). | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||||||||||||
| A. | b. | C. | D. | A. | b. | C. | D. | |||||||||
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Totals for 1915. | Case mortality | ||||||
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| Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths | per 100. | |
| Disease. | Borough of Lambeth. | Annual Average, 1901-10 (Borough) 10 years. | Annual Average, 1891-1900 (Parish) 10 years. | Totals, 1915. | ||||||||||
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| No. of cases notified. | No. of cases removed to Hospital. | Percent. of cases removed | ||||||||||||
| 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | |||||||||||
| Mortality from all Causes at subjoined Ages. | Mortality from subjoined Causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics, public institutions being shewn as separate localities. | At all ages. | Under 1 year | l anaunder 2.__ | 2 and under5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | ||
| Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Fevers. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Influenza. | Injuries. | Cerebro-Spinal Fever. | Appendicitis. | All other Diseases. | Total. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Puerperal. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (6) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | (j) | (k) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics, public institutions being shewn as separate localities. | Mortality from all Causes at subjoined Ages. | Mortality from subjoined Causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |||
| Fevers. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Influenza. | Injuries. | Cerebro-Spinal Fever. | Appendicitis. | All other Diseases. | Total. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Puerperal. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | (j) | (k) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Population at all Ages. | Registered Births 1915. | New Cases of Sickness in each the knowledge of the Medical during | Locality, coming to Officer of Health 1915. | Number of such Cases removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital during 1915. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Census 1911. | Estimated 1915. [Civil Population.) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
| Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cerebro-spinal Fever. | Polio-myelitis Acuta. | Ophthalmia. | Whooping Cough. | Chicken-Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Erysipelas. | Cerebro-spinal Fever. | Polio-myelitis Acuta. | Ophthalmia. | Whooping Cough. | Chicken-Pox. | |||||||||
| Typhoid or Enteric. | Continued & Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Erysipelas. | Typhoid or Enteric. | Continued & Relapsing. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year. | Total Number of Notices (excluding those served under the Housing Acts). | Sanitary Works, Structural and Permanent. | Sanitary Works, Not Structural. |
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| 1891-1900. (10 years.) | 1901-1905. (5 years.) | 1906-1910. (5 years.) | 1911-1915 (5 years.) |
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| †Workshops visited and inspected— |
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| Name of Trade or Business. | No. of Workshops. |
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| Wards. | No. of Factories. | No. of Workshops. | No. of Workrooms. | Children. | Young Persons. | Adults. | TOTALS. | |||||
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| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | Total. | ||||
| Wards. | No. | Wards. | No. |
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| Year. | Houses. | Rooms. |
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| Yearly average for 8 years preceding the Notification Act, 1882-1889 (Parish). | Yearly average for 11 years succeeding the Notification Act, 1890-1900 (Parish). | Yearly average for 14 years succeeding the Notification Act, 1901-5 & 1906-14 (Borough) | 1915. | |||
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| 1901-5. (5 years) | 1906-14. (9 years) | |||||
| (a) | (b) | |
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| No. of samples examined for the presence of a preservative. | No. in which a preservative was reported to be present. |
| Samples. | Formal. | Informal. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number Analysed. | Number Adulterated. | Number Analysed. | Number Adulterated. | |
| Wards and Addresses of Premises. | Names of Applicants. | Dates of Refusal by Council. |
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| Wards and Addresses of Premises. | Names of Applicants. | Dates of Registration by Council. |
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| Wards and Addres es of Premises. | Names of Applicants. | Dates of Registration by Council. |
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| Wards and Addresses of Premises. | Names of Applicants. | Dates of Refusal by Council. |
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| Addresses. | Names of Applicants. | Dates of previous Registration by Council. |
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| Wards. | Situation of Premises. | No. of Sheds. | Names of Licensees. |
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| Wards. | Situations of Premises. | Names of Licensees. |
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| Wards. | Situations of Premises. | Names of Licensees. |
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| Dates when registered originally. | Situations of premises. | Authorised No. of Lodgers. | |
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| Blocks or Houses. | Tenements. |
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| Blocks or Houses. | Tenements. |
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| Year. | Sputa. Suspected Tuberculosis. Tub. Bac. found. | Blood. Suspected Typhoid or Enteric Fever. Reaction obtained. | Throat & Nose. Membranes andSecretions. Suspected Diphtheria. Klebs-Loeffler Bac. found. | Other Sundry Samples.Result obtained. | ||||||||
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| Pos. | Neg. | Total | Pos. | Neg. | Total | Pos. | Neg. | Total | Pos. | Neg. | Total | |
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths registered in district. | Transferable Deaths.‡ | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected. Number. | Nett. | Number. * | Rate. | of Nonresidents registered in the District. | of Residents not registered in the District. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||
| Number. * | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. | Number. * | Rate | |||||||||
| Number. † | Rate. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | † 8 | † 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| notifiable disease. | number of cases notified. | total cases notified in each locality. (e.g., Parish or Ward) of the District. | total cases removed to hospital. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Lambeth Church. | Kennington. | Stockwell. | Brixton. | Norwood. | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwds. | ||||||||
| Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined Ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District (a). | Total Deaths whether of "Residents" or "Nonresidents " in Institutions in the District (b). | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1 year | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and upwards. | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
| Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 1 month. | 1-3 months. | 3-6 months. | 6-9 months. | 9-12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of Cases notified. | NUMBER OF CASES. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 year. | 1-5 years. | 5-10 years. | 10-15 years. | 15-20 years. | [20-30 years. | Over 30 years. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis.* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis * | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis.* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis.* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis.* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis.* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis.* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis * | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis.* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis.* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis.* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis.* | ||
| Sub-Districts. | Sub-Districts. | Total. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Lambeth C0hurch. | Ken-nington. | Stockwell. | Brixton. | Norwood. | No Address. | All Ages. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F | M. | F. | M. | F | M. | F | M. | F. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. of Deaths. | Total. | No. of Deaths. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||
| Premises. | Number of Places. | Number of Inspections,1915. | Number of Notices, 1915. | Number of Prosecutions,' 15. | |||
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| On register at end of 1914. | Added in 1915. | Removed in 1915. | On register at end of 1915. | ||||
| Premises. | Number of | ||
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| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | No. of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspctor. | |||
| NATURE OF WORK. | OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107. | OUTWORK in UNWHOLESOME PREMISES. Sections 108. | OUTWORK IN INFECTED PREMISES. Sections 109, 110. | ||||||||||||
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| Lists received from Employers. | Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions | Instances. | Orders made (S. 110) | Prosecutions (Section 109,110) | |||||||
| Sending Twice in the year. | Sending Once in the year. | V Failing to keep or permit inspection of Lists. | Failing to send Lists. | ||||||||||||
| Lists. | Outworkers.† | Lists. | Outworkers. | ||||||||||||
| Contractors. | Work-men- | Contractors. | Workmen. | ||||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) |
| Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year 1915. (1) . | Number. (2) |
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| Class. | Number. | |
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| (1) | (2) | |
| Central Dispensary. | Branch Dispensary. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insured. | Not Insured. | Total | Insured. | Not Insured. | Total. | |||||
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | |||
| Central Dispensary | Lranch Dispensary | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insured | Not Insured. | Total. | Insured. | Not Insured. | Total. | |||||
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males | Females. | |||