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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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The details of the corrected tuberculosis deaths in the various Registration Sub-Districts are:—
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Corrected Deaths from | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pul. Tub. or Phthisis (consumpt'n) | father Forms Tuberculosis. | Total Deaths Tuberculosis (all forms). | Phthisis rate per i,o00 population. | Tuberculosisrate per 1.000 population (all forms). | |
| Lambeth Church. | 50 | 12 | 62 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Kennington | 41 | 13 | 54 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| Stockwell | 66 | 9 | 75 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| Brixton | 74 | 11 | 85 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| Norwood | 42 | 17 | 59 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| Borough of Lambeth | 273 | 62 | 335 | 0.87* | 1.07† |
Rates for Inner Districts 1.01* and 1.26†
Rates for Outer Districts 0.78* and 0.95†
During the six quinquennia 1891-1895 (Parish), 1896-1900
(Parish), 1901-1905 (Borough), 1906-1910 (Borough), 1911-1915
(Borough), and 1916-1920 (Borough), the yearly averages of total
deaths from (a) pulmonary tuberculosis or consumption (phthisis),
and (b) tuberculosis (all forms) were (a) 478.8, 496.8, 462.8, 421.6,
386.8 and 367.6, and (b) 675.0, 690.0, 647.4, 567.4, 500.0, and 472.4
respectively, representing a steady decline in the total number of
tuberculosis corrected deaths registered during that period of 30 years,
and this decline has continued since, i.e., during the previous quinquennium
1920-24 (Borough), viz.:—(a) pulmonary tuberculosis or
consumption (phthisis) and (b) tuberculosis (all forms) as follows:—
(a) 283.4 and (b) 353.8. This is the more remarkable, having regard
to the increase of the censal (enumerated) populations during that
time from 278,393 in 1891 to 301,895 in 1901, 298,058 in 1911
and 302,960 in 1921, and the estimated average population for the
quinquennium 1920-24 (Borough) of 304,814.4.
*† In calculating the death rates for the Registration Sub-Districts (Inner and
Outer), the deaths registered in Stockwell Sub-District are divided equally between
Inner and Outer Stockwell, as has been done in previous Reports.