Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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The total number of Births registered (uncorrected) is 5,660, of which details are set out in Table A. The corrected, number of births, however, is 3,846, showing a birth-rate of 14.09 per 1,000 of the estimated population.
Corrected numbers. | |
---|---|
Legitimate Males | 1,831 |
Legitimate Females | 1,750 |
Illegitimate Males | 144 |
Illegitimate Females | 121 |
Total | 3,846 |
Notification of Births.
Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
The Notification of Births Act, 1907, was adopted throughout
the Borough, and came into operation on 9th March, 1908.
Of the total 5,886 notified births, 4,719 took place in Institutions, and of these, 1,853 belong to Lambeth, and 2,866 to outside districts, thus :—
Institutions. | Lambeth Cases | Strangers | Totals |
---|---|---|---|
General Lying-in Hospital | 311 | 819 | 1,130 |
St. Thomas's Hospital | 275 | 353 | 628 |
Lambeth Hospital | 532 | 490 | 1,022 |
" Annie McCall " Maternity Hospital | 129 | 474 | 603 |
King's College Hospital | 167 | 614 | 781 |
*Lambeth Council Maternity Home | 379 | 4 | 383 |
Other Nursing Homes (private) | 60 | 112 | 172 |
Totals | 1,853 | 2,866 | 4,719 |
* 4 of the applicants moved out of the Borough after booking.