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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 1887
[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 deaths
each District
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Total
Waterloo Road, 1st
41
57
98
32
35
67
51
55
106
33
35
68
339
Waterloo Road, 2nd
45
42
87
32
33
65
41
41
82
41
35
76
310
Lambeth Church, 1st
112
86
198
136
77
213
160
90
250
120
98
218
879
Lambeth Church 2nd
177
163
340
163
113
276
151
151
302
152
128
280
1198
Kennington, 1st
108
124
232
94
82
176
100
96
196
99
92
191
795
Kennington, 2nd
72
75
147
65
62
127
72
74
146
68
63
131
551
Brixton
126
133
259
99
103
202
139
156
295
148
161
309
1065
Norwood
36
32
68
40
43
83
32
32
64
34
29
63
278
5415
Making a total of deaths in Lambeth-March 1429, June 1209, September 1441, December 1336. 1143 persons
died in the public institutions, including 437 strangers. The strangers were less by 6 than in the preceding year.