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12
THE BIRTH-RATE.
The number of Births registered in Lambeth during the
year 1898 was 9256, as compared with 9388 for the year
1897. Of the total 9256 births, 4739 were males, and
4517 females, showing an excess of 222 males.
The birth-rate for Lambeth is, therefore, 30.4 per 1,000
inhabitants (32.9 for males and 28.2 for females), as compared
with 29.5 for London (31.6 for males and 27.5 for
temales) ; whilst in the various Registration Sub-Districts
the birth-rates work out as shown in Table A. Tables B
and C shew the number of births, and the birth-rates for
the last 10 years in Lambeth.
It must again be pointed out that the death-rate and
birth-rate must be taken together, as the death-rate per se
gives no reliable information as to the relative healthiness
or otherwise of a particular district, For this reason, in
considering the statistics of the various Registration SubDistricts
of Lambeth, the birth-rates and death-rates are
given side by side, and any deductions drawn must be
on the understanding of the importance of this interrelationship.
In the Inner Wards (where the birth-rates are high) is
this to be again especially noted, as the high birth-rates
there cause the high death-rates, owing to the great
numbers of deaths amongst infants and children between
1 and 5 years of age. Density of population in the Inner
Wards leads to this high infantile mortality, and a persistently
high birth-rate, instead of leading to a lower,
causes a higher, death-rate, and points to the insanitary
and unhealthy conditions under which the inhabitants in
the Inner Wards of Lambeth exist, as compared with those
in the Outer Wards. It must be remembered, too, that the
Lying-in Hospital and the Workhouse tend to abnormally
increase the birth-rates in Waterloo Second and Lambeth
Church Second Districts.