Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1899
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Registration
Sub-Districts.
Number
of
Deaths
from
Whooping
Cough.
Number of
Deaths from
Measles.
Whooping
Cough.
Deaths
per
10,000
Inhabitants.
Measles.
Deaths per
10,000
Inhabitants.
Waterloo Road 1st 9 14 6.3 9.8
Waterloo Road 2nd 8 10 5.8 7.2
Lambeth Church 1st 8 9 4.2 4.7
Lambeth Church 2nd 4.3 35 10.2 8.3
Kennington 1st 27 37 5.0 6.9
Kennington 2nd 10 16 2.2 3.5
Brixton 20 41 2.3 4.7
Norwood 5 7 1.6 2.2
District not stated* ... ... ... ...
Lambeth 130 169 4.2 53
Of the 169 deaths registered from Measles, 43 were in
infants under 1 year of age, 118 in children between 1 and 5,
making a total of 161 in children under 5 years of age—78
males and 83 females.
Of the 130 deaths registered from Whooping Cough,???59
were in infants under 1 year of age, 69 in children between
1 and 5, making a total of 128 in children under 5 years of
age—51 males and 77 females. Both diseases are distinctly
diseases of childhood.
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