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Lambeth 1908

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

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Table: TABLE A.Giving the number of Births and the Birth-Rates in each New Registration Sub-District of the Borough ofLambeth during 1908 (arranged Quarterly).

TABLE A.

Giving the number of Births and the Birth-Rates in each New Registration Sub-District of the Borough of

Lambeth during 1908 (arranged Quarterly).

New Registration Sub-Districts.No. of Births.Total for the Year 1908.Rate per 1000 Inhabitants.
1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.
Waterloo*394410385424161361.8
Lambeth Church23119619716178529.5
Kennington†405384373386154828.4
Stockwell§522531508542210331.1
Brixton414409418403167420.6
Norwood277302315289118318.1
Borough of Lambeth2273223221962205890627.7

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*Including Lying-in Hospital (803 cases, of which 193 belong to Lambeih)—corrected rate i.e., excluding
non-Lambethian births) — 38.5.
†Including Workhouse (194 cases, of which 179 belong to Lambeth)—corrected rate i.e., excluding
non-Lambethian bitths)=28.01.
§Including Maternity Hospital (472 eases, of which 134 belong to Lambeth)—corrected rate i.e., excluding
non-Lambethian births)—26.2.
Inner Districts, 35.6; Outer Districts, 21.6 per 1000—uncorrected (whole Borough = 27.7).
Inner Districts, 29.9; Outer Districts, 20.7 per 1000—corrected i.e., excluding non-Lambethian births,
whole Borough = 24.7.)
N.B.—The births in Stockwell new Sub-District are divined equally between the Inner and Outer SubDistricts
of the Borough for the purpose of calculating rates.