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Lambeth 1899
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1899
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INFANTILE MORTALITY, 1899.
Of the 5886 deaths, 1488 were infants under one year of
age, giving a proportion of 1577 (corrected) per 1,000
births, the uncorrected rate being 16L9—an increase over
last year. The chief causes of these deaths were debility,
atrophy and inanition, bronchitis and other diseases of the
respiratory organs, diarrhoea and enteritis, premature birth,
whooping cough, suffocation and convulsions. Table J
gives the infantile mortality in different towns in England
and Wales, and in the London Districts.
In the Registration Sub-Districts of Lambeth, the uncorrected
infantile mortality varies from 240 8 per 1,000
births in Lambeth Church 1st to 1358 in Brixton
(the rate of 901 in Waterloo Road 2nd and 207'6
in Lambeth Church 2nd being explainable by the fact
that these Sub-Districts contain the General Lyiny-in
Hospital and the Workhouse respectively), thus
| Total No. of Births. | Total Deaths under 1 year (uncorrected). | Infantile Mortality per 1,000 births (uncorrected) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterloo Road 1st | 466 | 105 | 225.3 |
| 2nd | 932 | 84 | 90.1* |
| Lambeth Church 1st | 627 | 151 | 240.8 |
| „ 2nd | 1517 | 315 | 207.6† |
| Kennington 1st | 1871 | 309 | 165.2 |
| ,, 2nd | 1089 | 154 | 141.4 |
| Brixton | 2179 | 296 | 135.8 |
| Norwood | 752 | 113 | 150.3 |
| Lambeth. | 9433 | 1527 | 161.9 |
N.B.—Waterloo Road 1st and 2nd have been amalgamated by the
Registrar-General and now form one District called " Waterloo
Road."
* Excluding the Lying-in-Hospital births, the corrected rate becomes 200.9.
t Excluding the Workhouse births, the corrected rate becomes 236.1.