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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 1859
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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the circumstance of its population having increased more rapidly
than the calculations have made allowance for. The mortality
of Lambeth is habitually lower than that of the South Districts,
and also than that of the entire Metropolis, as shown by the following
Table:—
TABLE IV.
| Death-rate per 10,000 in 1856. | Death-rate per 10,000 in 1857. | Death-rate per 10,000 in 1858. | Death-rate per 10,000 in 1859. | Average Death-rate per 10,000. | Average living to one death. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London. | 216.8 | 225.3 | 234.5 | 221.8 | 224.6 | 44.52 |
| South Districts. | 222.5 | 219.2 | 241.1 | 228.2 | 227.7 | 43.92 |
| Lambeth. | 186.1 | 196.5 | 219.4 | 202.7 | 201.2 | 49.70 |
The succeeding Table, copied in part from the RegistrarGeneral's
Reports, shows the mortality in Lambeth from epidemic
disease.
TABLE V.
| Total Deaths. | SUB-DISTRICTS. | Small Fox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Typhus. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 358 | Waterloo Road—1st Part | 15 | 11 | 36 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 100 |
| 4G8 | Waterloo Road—2nd Part | 16 | 17 | 44 | 12 | 26 | 13 | 128 |
| 394 | Lambeth Church—1st Part | 3 | 6 | 44 | 14 | 28 | 12 | 107 |
| 860 | Lambeth Church—2nd Part | 15 | 10 | 66 | 20 | 43 | 26 | 180 |
| 509 | Kennington—1st Part | 6 | 2 | 50 | 10 | 22 | 23 | 113 |
| 315 | Kennington—2nd Part | 3 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 64 |
| 270 | Brixton | 1 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 47 |
| 120 | Norwood | 0 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 24 |
| 3294 | Lambeth | 59 | 53 | 297 | 92 | 160 | 120 | 763 |