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Lambeth 1918
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1918
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A list of all notified births is sent to the London County
Council weekly in pursuance of sub-section 5, of section 2, of the
Act; and the Medical Officers of Health concerned are written
to in connection with babies born in Lambeth Public Institutions
but belonging to Districts outside the Borough.
The Registrar-General provides particulars of transferable births registered, and for 1918 his figures for the Borough of Lambeth are as follows :—
| Inward Transfers. | Outward T ransfers. | |
|---|---|---|
| Legitimate Males | 55 | 963 |
| Legitimate Females | 63 | 847 |
| Illegitimate Males | 18 | 213 |
| Illegitimate Females | 21 | 194 |
| Totals 157 | 2217 |
The Registrar-General's corrected number of births is 4,737,
differing slightly from the corrected number of births calculated
locally and found in this Report, viz., 5,004.
Lambeth Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme.*
During 1918, the Lambeth Maternity and Child Welfare
Scheme has continued to justify its inauguration on April 13th,
1916, the various voluntary centres carrying out useful work in
the various areas allotted to them, such work being amalgamated
and co-ordinated with the Council's Official Centre and Public
Health Department. During 1918 a new voluntary centre was
approved and opened in the Heme Hill Ward, known as the Loughborough
Junction Maternity and Child Welfare Centre, whilst the
Johanna Street Institute and School for Mothers has removed to
larger premises situated in Oakley Street and known as the Barleymow
Maternity and Child Welfare Centre.
* In connection with the Scheme, the Council approved, during 1917, of the
principle of making financial grants out of the Rates to the Voluntary Centres
under certain conditions, and, during 1918, put into force throughout the
Borough the Milk (Mothers and Children) Order, 1918, which was issued by
the Food Controller on February 8th, 1918, under the Defence of the Realm
Regulations, and the Local Authorities (Food Control) Order (No. 1), 1918,
which was issued by the Local Government Board on the same date.