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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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TABLE E. Giving Death-rates, Zymotic Death-rates, and Zymotic Incidence-rates in the Parliamentary and New Wards, Division of Lambeth, during 1898.
| Parliamentary Divisions. | New Wards. | Total Deaths. | Death-Rate per 1,000 | Zymotic Diseases. | Zymotic Incidence. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Deaths. | Death-Rate per 1,000 population | Total Zymotic Cases | Incidence per 1,000 of the population | ||||
| North Division | Marsh | 673 | 24.5 | 77 | 2.7 | 213 | 9.9 |
| Bishop's ... | 845 | 90 | 351 | ||||
| Kennington Division | Prince's | 731 | 18.8 | 139 | 3.6 | 326 | 8.2 |
| Vauxhall | 780 | 152 | 336 | ||||
| Brixton Dvision | Stockwell ... | 400 | 13.0 | 52 | 1.6 | 242 | 6.1 |
| Brixton | 692 | 78 | 269 | ||||
| Norwood Division | Tulse Hill | 887 | 16.9 | 95 | 1.8 | 396 | 7.6 |
| Norwood | 422 | 43 | 196 | ||||
| Lambeth | ... | 5430 | 17.9 | 726 | 2.4 | 2329 | 7.7 |
N.B—The above Rates are estimated from the Censuses 1881 and 1891—the 1896 Census taking no
account of the Parliamentary and New Wards boundaries.