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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 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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The following Table shows the mortality, male and female, in the different districts, and a comparison of
the deaths in each quarter.
SUB-DISTRICT.
March
June
September
December
Total number
of in
each District.
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Total
Waterloo Road, 1st
47
44
91
37
29
66
29
46
75
27
47
74
306
Waterloo Road, 2nd
43
54
97
33
27
60
32
38
70
38
41
79
306
Lambeth Church, 1st
155
115
270
118
80
198
136
95
231
121
86
207
906
Lambeth Church 2nd
179
190
369
156
119
275
147
141
288
154
126
280
1212
Kennington, 1st
147
138
285
72
91
163
89
113
202
91
79
170
820
Kennington, 2nd
94
116
210
64
74
138
71
68
139
54
79
133
620
Brixton
125
195
320
120
118
238
107
100
207
112
112
224
989
Norwood
53
54
107
37
24
61
28
34
62
34
37
71
301
5460
Making a total of deaths in Lambeth—March 1749, June 1199, September 1274, December 1238. 1112 persons
died in the public institutions, including 443 strangers. The strangers were more by 1 than in the preceding year.