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returns, it will be noted that, in regard to both infantile and
other diseases, Lambeth again compares favourably with London
{vide Table U).
Deaths amongst infants under 1 year are a sensitive index
(amongst others) of the sanitary state of a Community, and in
this respect the Lambeth Borough statistics, as a whole, are
satisfactory. The Table on p. 22 is important, too, in this connection,
as comparing the Lambeth Borough statistics with those
for London as a whole, taken in different age-periods.
Bearing in mind the unfavourable meteorological conditions
during 1906, unfavourable in so far as infantile life was
concerned, the statistics for Lambeth throughout the year are
satisfactory. The corrected infantile mortality rate, as a whole,
is 127.6 per 1000 births, i.e., taking the corrected number of
deaths of infants under 1 year of age and the corrected number
of births registered. The position that Lambeth Borough takes
is satisfactory, whether comparison be made with the large
Provincial Towns or with the separate Metropolitan Districts
and in this connection the influence of the precautionary
measures that are being taken in Lambeth Borough must be
remembered, e.g., the systematic visiting of houses wherein
births and deaths of infants under 1 year of age have been
registered, the influence of the milk depot and the distribution
of pamphlets dealing with the proper feeding and management
of infants, &c. The statistics for the 3rd quarter of 1906 for
Lambeth Borough are specially noteworthy, the corrected
infantile mortality rate being only 173 per 1000 births.