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Lambeth 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE K
[Local Government Board Old Table A.]
Table of DEATHS during the year 1923 in the Borough of Lambeth, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics, public in stitutions being shewn as separate localities. | Mortality from all Causes at subjoined Ages. | Mortality from subjoined Causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | ||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Fevers | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Influenza. | Injuries. | Cer-Spin., Polio. and Encephalitis. | Appendicitis. | All other Diseases. | Total | ||||||||||||
| Puerperal. | Enteric or Typhoid. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | (j) | (k) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Royal Infirmary (Women and Children) | 77 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | under | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 33 | 62 |
| 5 upwds. | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | l5 | ||||||||||
| General Lying-in Hospital, York Road | 18 | 13 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | _ | — | Under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 13 |
| — | 5 upwds. | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| St. Thomas's Hospital | 502 | 62 | 16 | 25 | 28 | 47 | 119 | 169 | 36 | Under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 6 | — | 3 | 18 | — | — | 9 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 103 |
| 5 upwds. | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 | v | 17 | 35 | — | 2b | 2 | 13 | 290 | 399 | |||||||||||
| Remainder of Lambeth Church | 251 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 34 | 83 | 75 | Under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 8 | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | 17 | 37 |
| 5 upwds. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 18 | 51 | 39 | 4 | 28 | — | — | 73 | 214 | ||||||||||
| Lambeth Workhouse | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 upwds. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Lambeth Infirmary | 783 | 46 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 102 | 256 | 325 | 5 under | — | _ | _ | _ | — | _ | _ | 1 | 3 | _ | — | 10 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 36 | 55 | |
| 5 upwds. | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 85 | 120 | 108 | 4 | 40 | — | 4 | 355 | 728 | ||||||||||
| St. Peter's House | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 26 | Under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 upwds. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 9 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Remainder of Kennington | 256 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 80 | 103 | 5 under | — | _ | _ | _ | — | 1 | 1 | _ | 2 | — | — | 13 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 22 | 41 |
| 5 upwds. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 11 | 59 | 48 | 6 | 7 | — | — | 82 | 215 | ||||||||||
| South-Western Hospital | 108 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 31 | 6 | 9 | 2 | — | Under 5 | — | 11 | 27 | — | — | — | 13 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 60 |
| 5 upwds | — | 7 | 24 | 2 | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 4 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Clapham Maternity | 9 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 5 under | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 7 | ||
| 5 upwds. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | ||||||||||
| Remainder of Stockwell | 371 | 54 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 00 | 162 | 5under | — | — | _ | — | — | — | 4 | — | 9 | — | — | 16 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 37 | 69 |
| 5 upwds. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 27 | 69 | 65 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 125 | 302 | ||||||||||