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Lambeth 1910

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

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Table: In the Registration Sub-Districts of Lambeth the uncorrected infantile mortality varies from 174.3 per 1000 births in Lambeth Church to 63.9 in Norwood (the low rates of 84.5 in Waterloo, 101.8 in Kennington, and 71.1 in Stock-well, being due to the fact that these Sub-Districts contain the General Lying-in Hospital, the Workhouse and the Maternity Hospital respectively), thus:—

In the Registration Sub-Districts of Lambeth the uncorrected infantile mortality varies from 174.3 per 1000 births in Lambeth Church to 63.9 in Norwood (the low rates of 84.5 in Waterloo, 101.8 in Kennington, and 71.1 in Stock-well, being due to the fact that these Sub-Districts contain the General Lying-in Hospital, the Workhouse and the Maternity Hospital respectively), thus:—

Total No. of Births (uncorrected).Total Deaths under 1 year (uncorrected).Infantile Mortality per 1,000 births (uncorrected).
Waterloo*148012584.5
Lambeth Church769134174.3
Kennington†1444147101.8
Stockwell‡191413671.1
Brixton160814388.9
Norwood11587463.9
Lambeth837375990.6

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Inner Districts—101.9, Outer Districts—76.6
*Excluding all the Lying-in Hospital births, the rate is 202.6.
†Excluding all the Workhouse births, the rate is 116.6.
‡Excluding all the Maternity births, the rate is 96.5.
N.B.— The births and deaths in Stockwell Registration Sub-Districts are
divided equally between the Inner and Outer Districts for the purpose of
calculating infantile mortality rates for such Districts in this Table.
The Infantile Mortality is regarded as a sensitive index of
the Sanitary state of a District, and, judged by this index,
Lambeth Borough takes a good position amongst Sanitary
Districts. Taking the Registrar-General's old 33 Large
Towns of England and Wales, the uncorrected infantile
mortalities vary from a minimum 85 in Derby to a
maximum 168 in Burnley, Lambeth and London being 90
and 103 respectively. Lambeth ranks fourth lowest in
such list, being bracketted equal with Bristol, and
29 Towns have higher infantile mortality rates.
Taking the Registrar-General's figures, the corrected rate
for Lambeth is 83, and, of the 29 Metropolitan Districts,
6 have lesser rates than Lambeth Borough. Of the 10
South Metropolitan Districts 1 has a lesser rate than Lambeth.