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Lambeth 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]

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The lowest corrected death.rates ever recorded in the annals of
the Parish or the Borough were
(a) General death.rate in 1923 viz ; 11.3
(b) Zymotic death.rate in 1923 viz; 0.4.
Tuberculosis Death.Rates.
The tuberculosis corrected death.rate for 1926 is 1.03 i.e., 322
deaths from all forms of tuberculosis per 1,000 population, and the
consumption (phthisis; death.rate, 0.84, i.e., 262 deaths from pulmonary
tuberculosis or consumption (phthisis) per 1,000 estimated population.

The details of the corrected tuberculosis deaths in the various Registration Sub.Districts are:—

Registration Sub.Districts.Corrected Deaths from
Pu1. Tub. or Phthisis (consumpt.n)Other Forms Tuberculosis.Total Deaths Tuberculosis (all forms).Phthisis rate per 1,oco population.Tuberculosis rate per 1,000 population (all forms).
Lambeth Church4812601.11.3
Kennington5010601.11.3
Stockwell5115660.81.0
Brixton7315880.81.0
Norwood408480.60.7
Borough of Lambeth26260322084*1.03†

Rates for Inner Districts 1.00* and 1.24†
Rates for Outer Districts 073* and 0.89†
During the seven quinquennia 1891-1895 (Parish), 1896-1900
(Parish), 1901-1905 (Borough), 1906-1910 (Borough), 1911-1915
(Borough), 1916-1920 (Borough), and 1921-1925 (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, 367.6, and 278 6 and (b) 675.0, 690 0, 647 4,
567.4, 500.0, 472.4, and 347.0 respectively, representing a steady
decline in the total number of tuberculosis corrected deaths registered
during that period of 35 years. 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 1921-25 (Borough) of 308.320.
*† 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.