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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 1916
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1916
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Causes of the 67 Outside Deaths
| Causes of Death. | Male. | Female. |
|---|---|---|
| Whooping Cough | 2 | – |
| Diphtheria | 2 | – |
| Influenza | 1 | – |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 10 | 4 |
| Other Tubercular diseases | 1 | 1 |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 2 | 4 |
| Heart disease | 5 | 4 |
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 1 |
| Broncho-Pneumonia | – | – |
| Other Lung diseases | – | – |
| Nephritis and Bright's disease | 3 | 2 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 1 | – |
| Violent deaths | 2 | – |
| Suicide | 1 | – |
| Appendicitis | – | 1 |
| Nervous diseases | 4 | 1 |
| Strangulated Hernia | – | – |
| Diseases of Digestive System | 2 | – |
| Syphilis | – | – |
| Wound (gun shot, shrapnel or bomb) | – | – |
| Not classified above | 5 | 3 |
| 45 | 22 |
Of the 4,212 corrected deaths, 565 are infants under one year
of age. The total number of registered births is 7,980, and, of
these, 581 occurred at the Lying-in Hospital, and belong to districts
outside the Borough, 53 occurred at the Workhouse and belong to
districts outside the Borough, and 685 occurred at the Maternity
Hospital and belong to districts outside the Borough. In this way,
the corrected number of births (i.e., excluding all non-Lambeth
and Institutional births) for the Borough is 6,661*. The corrected
infantile mortality (i.e., rate of corrected deaths under one year per
1,000 corrected births) is, therefore, 84 -8, the annual average for
the decennium 1901-10 (Borough) being 122-7. In calculating this
corrected infantile mortality it must be remembered that, whilst the
births, that belong to outside districts, are subtracted, the births
of infants of Lambethian mothers who may happen to be
residing outside the Borough at the times of such births are not
*The Registrar-General returns the corrected number of births for the
Borough during 1916 as 6435.