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with a Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme so well known and so
complete, requires a responsible lady Assistant Medical Officer of
Health in charge, acting directly under the Medical Officer of Health.
Such an officer would have under her direct control all the officers
(paid and unpaid) of the 14 various Voluntary Welfare Centres—a
total of 16 Medical Officers, 11 Superintendents (or Secretaries) and
20 Health Visitors, in addition to the Council's four official Health
Visitors and the Staff of the Council's Maternity Home The work
of all these officers would be more valuable if co-ordinated and
systematised under one responsible Assistant Medical Officer to be
appointed by the Borough Council. This officer's salary would be
refunded (up to 50 per cent.) out of the Exchequer grant
DEATHS. 1926.
The total number of deaths (uncorrected) registered is 3,886.
All death rates for 1926 are calculated upon an estimated population
of 311,000 (to the middle of the year).
1.—General Death-Rates.
The uncorrected death-rate for Lambeth is 12.5 per 1,000 of the
population. This rate is, however, uncorrected, and, on analysing the
3,886 total deaths registered, it is found that 944 represent deaths
occurring within the Borough amongst persons not belonging thereto.
These deaths are to be deducted, but, on the other hand, there are
633 deaths registered outside the Borough of persons belonging
thereto, and these must be added, giving a net corrected number of
deaths of 3,575, and a net corrected death-rate of 11.5 per 1,000
inhabitants. The Inner (congested and crowded) Districts show, as a
whole, a general corrected death-rate of 127 as compared with 107
for the Outer (less congested and less crowded) Districts, per 1,000 of
the population.
Age Periods of Corrected Deaths.
The 3,575 corrected deaths during 1926 may be further analysed
and tabulated as follows:—
288, i.e., 8'05 per cent. of the total corrected deaths took place
under 1 year of age.
199, i.e., 5 6 per cent. between 1 and 5 years.
487, i.e., 13*6 per cent under 5 years.
148, i.e., 4-1 per cent. between 5 and 20 years,
318, i.e., 8'9 per cent. 20 to 40 years.
809, i.e., 22-6 per cent. 40 to 60 years.
1,813, i.e., 50'7 Per cent. 60 and over.
3,088, i.e., 86-4 per cent. over 5 years.