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Lambeth 1897

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1897

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TABLE X.
Giving Death-rates for different groups of diseases in the various Registration Sub-districts
calculated in terms per 1,000 of the population or of the total births.
Per 1,000 of the Population.
Per 1,000 Births
Debility,
Atrophy and
Inanition.
Phthisis.
Tubercular.
Cancer.
Respiratory
Diseases.
Old Age.
Rheumatism
and Gout.
Premature
Births.
Suffocation.
Waterloo Road, 1st
2.2
3.8
1.4
1.8
4.9
0.5
0.1
22.2*
8.6*
Waterloo Road, 2nd
0.6
1.3
0.6
0.3
2.9
0.6
0.2
Lambeth Church, 1st
0.8
2.6
0.9
0.5
3.8
0.5
0.1
41.9
6.7
Lambeth Church, 2nd
1.1
1.9
0.9
0.8
3.8
0.5
0.1
23.2*
6.9*
Kennington, 1st
0.9
1.5
0.6
0.8
2.6
0.6
0.2
151
2-7
Kennington, 2nd
0.8
1.5
1.1
0.9
2.5
0.8
0.2
17.1
1.8
Brixton
0 .5
1.1
0.6
0.7
2.1
0.6
0.2
22.1
2.3
Norwood
0.8
1.3
0.2
0.9
1.7
0.8
0.1
14.3
1.4
Lambeth
0.8
1.6
0.6
0.8
2.7
0.6
0.2
20.9
3.5
*N.B.—Waterloo Road 2nd contains the I lying-in Hospital, and Lambeth Church 2nd,
the Workhouse and Infirmary, giving large infantile populations and, consequently, small
death-rates (expressed in terms of 1,000 births) from premature birth and suffocation.