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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 1918
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1918
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TABLE A. Giving number of Births and Birth-Rates in each Registration Sub-District of the Borough of Lambeth during 1918 (arranged Quarterly).
| Registration Sub-Districts. | No. of Births. | Total for the Year 1918. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | ||
| Lambeth Church | 480 | 528 | 470 | 503 | 1981 |
| Kennington † | 232 | 221 | 206 | 220 | 879 |
| Stockwell§ | 452 | 447 | 430 | 391 | 1720 |
| Brixton | 258 | 271 | 267 | 258 | 1054 |
| Norwood | 197 | 199 | 193 | 167 | 756 |
| Borough of Lambeth | 1619 | 1666 | 1566 | 1539 | 6390 |
* Including General Lying-in Hospital (862 cases, of which 219 belong to Lambeth). † Including Workhouse (265 cases, of which
147 belong to Lambeth). § Including Clapham Maternity Hospital (846 cases, of which 221 belong to Lambeth).
N.B.—The births are those of infants of (a) civilians and (b) non-civilians, and the population is that estimated by the Registrar-General
for the Borough of Lambeth for the year 1918 for the purpose of calculating birth-rates, consisting of the civilian
population plus all non-civilians enlisted from this country, whether serving at home or abroad, this non-civilian element being
distributed over all the districts in the country in proportion to their estimated civilian population, viz., 293,869, giving an uncorrected
birth-rate of 21.7, and a corrected birth-rate (i.e., after deducting 1,386 non-Lambethian Institutional births) of 17.03
per 1,000 population.