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Whether we take the corrected or uncorrected death-rates
for Lambeth (as a whole), they are again satisfactory for
the year 1898, whilst on examining the death-rates more
closely, e.g., as to age-periods, and special diseases, we
still find cause for even greater satisfaction and congratulation.
If, however, we sub-divide the death-rate into the
several Registration Sub-Districts, we find that the Inner
Districts, e.g., Waterloo 1st and 2nd, Lambeth Church
1st and 2nd, have again suffered out of all proportion as
compared with the Outer Districts, e.g., Kennington 1st
and 2nd, Brixton and Norwood.
The mean average death-rate for the four Inner Districts
is 22.51 and for the four Outer, 1593 per 1000, with
corresponding average birth-rates of 401 and 26.4 per 1000
respectively (allowing for the fact that the Lying-in Hospital
and Workhouse are in the Inner Districts). The Zymotic
death-rate is, for the Inner Districts, 3.03, and for the Outer
Districts, 2.12 per 1000, and the Zymotic incidence (cases
notified), 9.3 and 6.9 per 1000 of the population respectively.
The Inner Wards have a larger comparative mortality
amongst children under five years of age, and amongst
infants one year of age (per 1000 births), and a correspondingly
smaller mortality in persons over 60 years of age.