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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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TABLE W Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Sickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1899, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Lambeth, classified according to Diseases and Localities.
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Population at all Ages. | Registered Births. | New Cases of Sickness in each the knowledge of the Medical | Locality, coming to Officer of Health. | Number of such Cases removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital. | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census 1896. | Estimated to middle of 1899. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Fevers. | Fevers. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Typhoid or Enteric | Typhus. | Continued. | Relapsing, | PuerperaL | English Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | ||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Waterloo Road 1st | 14186 | 14296 | 466 | ... | 40 | 43 | ... | 9 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 25 | ... | 38 | 39 | ... | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| Waterloo Road 2nd | 14210 | 13936 | 932 | ... | 32 | 75 | ... | 11 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 18 | ... | 25 | 70 | ... | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | |
| Lambeth Church 1st | 18770 | 19234 | 627 | ... | 99 | 154 | ... | 21 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 35 | ... | 73 | 137 | ... | ... | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| Lambeth Church 2nd | 40994 | 42252 | 1517 | ... | 109 | 161 | 4 | 32 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 1 | 70 | ... | 105 | 110 | 1 | ... | 30 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 |
| Kennington 1st | 52486 | 53753 | 1871 | 1 | 160 | 121 | 4 | 50 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 46 | ... | 133 | 96 | ... | ... | 29 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| Kennington 2nd | 43244 | 45570 | 1089 | ... | 168 | 201 | 11 | 33 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 44 | ... | 97 | 125 | ... | ... | 18 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 |
| Brixton | 81825 | 87310 | 2179 | ... | 290 | 270 | 3 | 53 | 1 | 4 | ... | 6 | ... | 76 | ... | 199 | 163 | ... | 1 | 20 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
| Norwood | 29318 | 31717 | 753 | ... | 108 | 53 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16 | ... | 58 | 21 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 295,033 | 308,108 | 9433 | 1 | 1006 | 1081 | 22 | 219 | 1 | 7 | ... | 24 | 3 | 330 | 1 | 728 | 761 | 2 | 1 | 131 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 21 |