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V. Unclassi fiabte Places.
Brought dead to
Hospital 1
Elephant Stn. (Baker-
loo Railway) 1
H.M. Prison, Wandsworth
1
Peckham Rye 1
Private Houses 14
Projectile Co.'s Works,
Battersea 1
Pond, Clapham Common
1
Railway Carriage 1
River Thames 5
Streets 5
Tunnel (District Rly.) 1
Summary.
I. General Hospitals 164
II. Special and Fever Hospitals Ill
III. Infirmaries and Workhouses 14
IV. Asylums 171
V. Elsewhere (unclassifiable) 32
492
Whether the corrected or uncorrected death-rates for the
Borough of Lambeth (as a whole) be taken, they are very satisfactory
for the year 1906, the sixth year of existence of the
newly-formed Borough. Sub-dividing the death-rates amongst
the several Registration Sub-Districts, it will be again noted that
the Inner Districts, e.g., Waterloo, Lambeth Church 1st and 2nd,
have, collectively and individually, suffered more than the Outer
Districts, e.g., Kennington 1st and 2nd, Brixton and Norwood.
So, too, if the death-rates be sub-divided amongst the 9 new
Wards, it will be noted also that the Inner Wards, e.g., Marsh,
Bishop's, Prince's, and Vauxhall, have collectively and individually,
suffered more than the Outer Wards, e.g., Stockwell,
Brixton, Heme Hill, Tulse Hill, and Norwood. The reason for
this difierence is the fact that the Inner Districts and Wards
are more congested than the Outer. The status of the inhabitants
and the general conditions (sanitary and otherwise) under which
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