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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, The Vestry of the Parish of]
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TABLE T
Giving death-rates for different groups of diseases in the various Registration Sub-districts calculated in terms per 1,000 of the population or of the total births.
| Phthisis. | Per | 1000 of the Population. | Rheumatism and Gout | Per 1,000 Births | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tubercular | Cancer | Respiratory Diseases | Old Age | Premature Births | Suffoca-tion. | |||
| Waterloo Road, 1st | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 9.96 | 5.97 |
| Waterloo Road, 2nd | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 4.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 10.6 | 64 |
| Lambeth Church, 1st | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 13. 9 | 6.2 |
| Lambeth Church, 2nd | 2.05 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 13.04 | 7.7 |
| Kennington, 1st | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 20.7 | 4.2 |
| Kennington, 2nd | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 24.9 | 4.4 |
| Brixton | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2 1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 16.7 | 3.7 |
| Norwood | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 12.08 | 4.5 |
| Lambeth | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 16.3 | 5.3 |
N.B.—Waterloo Road 2nd contains the Lying-in Hospital, and Lambeth Church 2nd,
the Workhouse and the Infirmary, giving large infantile populations and, consequently, small
death-rates (expressed in terms of 1,000 births) from premature birth and suffocation.