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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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TABLE K. [Local Government Board Old Table A.] Table of DEATHS during the year 1916 in the Borough of Lambeth, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics, public institutions being shewn as separate localities. (a) | Mortality from all Causes at subjoined Ages. | — — <n | Mortality from subjoined Causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (b) At all ages. | (c) Under 1 year. | (d) 1 and under 2 | (e) 2 and under 5. | (f) 5 and under 15. | (g) 15 and under 25 | (h) 25 and under 45. | (i) 45 and under 65. | (j) 65 and upwards. | (k) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |
| Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Fevers. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhæa and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Influenza. | Injuries. | Cerebro-Spinal Fever. | Appendicitis. | All other Diseases. | Total. | ||||||||||||
| Puerperal. | Enteric or Typhoid. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Royal Infirmary (Women and Children) | 99 | 35 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 | Under 5 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 10 | – | – | 18 | – | – | – | 3 | – | 35 | 68 |
| 5 upwds. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 21 | 31 | ||||||||||
| King George Hospital | 251 | – | – | – | – | 127 | 119 | 5 | – | Under 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 upwds. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | 227 | – | 2 | 16 | 251 | ||||||||||
| General Lying-in Hospital, York Road | 23 | 18 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | – | Under 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 18 |
| 5 upwds. | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| St. Thomas's Hospital ... | 589 | 69 | 30 | 34 | 64 | 71 | 135 | 142 | 44 | Under 5 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 15 | 1 | – | 18 | – | – | 15 | 5 | 1 | 73 | 133 |
| 5 upwds. | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 14 | 12 | 38 | 1 | 68 | 5 | 38 | 270 | 456 | ||||||||||
| 5th London General Hospital | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | Under 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 upwards | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||||||||||
| Remainder of Lambeth Church | 347 | 76 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 43 | 103 | 74 | Under 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 7 | 8 | – | – | 24 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 61 | 108 |
| 5 upwds. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 30 | 63 | 46 | 2 | 22 | 1 | – | 73 | 239 | ||||||||||
| Lambeth Workhouse | 30 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 21 | Under 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 6 |
| 5 upwds. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 9 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Lambeth Infirmary | 1348 | 104 | 32 | 30 | 27 | 51 | 233 | 448 | 423 | Under 5 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 11 | 8 | 33 | – | 1 | 30 | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | 77 | 166 |
| 5 upwds. | – | – | 5 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | 262 | 129 | 157 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 574 | 1182 | ||||||||||
| St. Peter's House | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 46 | Under 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 upwds. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 35 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Remainder of Kennington | 325 | 56 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 36 | 75 | 104 | Under 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 7 | 7 | – | – | 24 | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | 36 | 87 |
| 5 upwds. | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | 1 | 25 | 63 | 44 | 4 | 7 | – | – | 90 | 238 | ||||||||||
| South-Western Hospital | 125 | 14 | 16 | 40 | 36 | 9 | 8 | 2 | – | Under 5 | 7 | 36 | – | – | – | 11 | 10 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | – | 1 | 70 |
| 5 upwds. | 6 | 21 | 2 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | 5 | – | 7 | 55 | ||||||||||
| Clapham Maternity | 23 | 20 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | Under 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 20 |
| 5 upwds. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Remainder of Stockwell | 538 | 82 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 20 | 60 | 143 | 193 | Under 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 8 | 9 | – | 1 | 25 | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | 62 | 114 |
| 5 upwds. | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 8 | 9 | – | 49 | 84 | 73 | 14 | 11 | – | – | 192 | 424 | ||||||||||