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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 1898
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1898
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COMPARISON BETWEEN STATISTICS FOR 1897 AND 1898.
| Death.Rates. | Birth-Rates. | Infantile Mortality, uncorrected | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General. | Zymotic. | |||||||
| 1897 | 1898 | 1897 | 1898 | 1897 | 1898 | 1897 | 1898 | |
| Inner Wards— | ||||||||
| Waterloo 1st | 32.9 | 25.3 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 35.9 | 35.6 | 251.9 | 185.0 |
| Waterloo 2nd | 15.2 | 25.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 62.7 | 62.3 | 82.9 | 113.4 |
| Lambeth Church 1st | 23.3 | 22.9 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 31.6 | 30.4 | 314.9 | 301.2 |
| Lambeth Church 2nd | 22.5 | 20.4 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 188.7 | 164.3 |
| Outer Wards— | ||||||||
| Kennington 1st | 17 .9 | 18.5 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 35.1 | 35.4 | 133.9 | 137.2 |
| Kennington 2nd | 16.3 | 16.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 25.1 | 22.5 | 118.9 | 139.7 |
| Brixton | 13.5 | 14.9 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 25.4 | 25.0 | 134.2 | 155.9 |
| Norwood | 12.8 | 14.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 23.1 | 20.7 | 143.1 | 124.8 |