London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
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
This page requires JavaScript
46
40
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. | I— | Mortality from subjoined Causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | (c) Under 1 year. | (d) 1and 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 | 17 | 18 | 16 | ||
| Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Fevers. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| King's College Hospital | 238 | 54 | 11 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 41 | 47 | 23 | Under 5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 5 | – | 1 | 18 | – | – | 5 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 91 | |
| 5 upwds. | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | – | 40 | – | 4 | 71 | 147 | |||||||||||
| Belgrave Hospital | 95 | 53 | 13 | 17 | 12 | – | – | – | – | Under 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | – | 2 | 11 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 48 | 83 |
| 5 upwds. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 8 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 1st London General Hospital | 45 | – | – | – | – | 16 | 27 | 2 | – | Under 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 5 upwds. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 3 | 1 | 29 | – | – | 10 | 45 | |||||||||||
| 4th London General Hospital | 83 | – | – | – | – | 24 | 51 | 7 | 1 | Under 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 5 upwds. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 4 | 3 | – | 28 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 83 | |||||||||||
| Remainder of Brixton | 670 | 88 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 27 | 82 | 149 | 266 | Under 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 9 | 5 | – | 1 | 29 | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | 70 | 125 | |
| 5 upwds. | – | – | 3 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 56 | 106 | 118 | 13 | 28 | – | – | 215 | 545 | |||||||||||
| Lambeth Workhouse Schools | 63 | 38 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | Under 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 1 | 17 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | 56 | |
| 5 upwds. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 7 | |||||||||||
| British Home of Incurables | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 10 | Under 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 5 upwds. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 16 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Remainder of Norwood | 557 | 64 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 49 | 138 | 261 | Under 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | – | – | 18 | – | 1 | 4 | – | – | 52 | 82 | |
| 5 upwds. | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 41 | 81 | 91 | 15 | 9 | – | – | 233 | 475 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 5515 | 777 | 216 | 234 | 250 | 393 | 897 | 1281 | 1467 | Under 5 | 7 | 41 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 59 | 54 | 131 | 1 | 6 | 221 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 20 | 2 | 641 | 1227 | |
| 5 upwds. | 6 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 512 | 576 | 605 | 53 | 515 | 15 | 50 | 1874 | 4288 | |||||||||||
| The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto | 626 | 50 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 37 | 115 | 171 | 207 | Under 5 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | 5 | 9 | – | – | 11 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 43 | 77 | |
| 5 upwds. | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 56 | 51 | 113 | 6 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 271 | 549 | |||||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto | 1929 | 262 | 82 | 106 | 120 | 269 | 480 | 393 | 217 | Under 5 | 5 | 18 | – | – | – | 19 | 15 | 42 | – | 4 | 72 | 1 | – | 15 | 12 | 2 | 245 | 450 | |
| 5 upwds. | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 4 | 183 | 73 | 114 | 5 | 404 | 7 | 35 | 615 | 1479 | |||||||||||