Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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fault in administrative detail which no considerations of
economy can justify.
Vaccination has maintained its good repute for a period
closely approaching a century. It stands, in the estimation
of those the best informed upon matters relating to the
prevention of disease, in a position unaffected by the lapse
of time. In every country its introduction has been followed
by a decline in mortality. In England, contemporaneously
with its general adoption, Small Pox has almost disappeared
from amongst us. It would be an attitude wanting alike in
common sense and prudence, did we permit any false sentiment
to interfere with the efficiency of those laws the exercise
of which is doing so much in the advancement of the health
and welfare of the people.
The table shows the estimated population in each registration district, with the number of statute acres, and the average number of persons per acre.
Registration Districts. | Estimated Population. | Area in Acres. | Population per Acre. |
---|---|---|---|
Waterloo Road, ist | 16820 | 67 | 251.0 |
Waterloo Road, 2nd | 18790 | 100 | 187.9 |
Lambeth Church, ist | 22007 | 162 | 142.1 |
Lambeth Church, 2nd | 44657 | 186 | 240.1 |
Kennington, ist | 50193 | 490 | 102.4 |
Kennington, 2nd | 38834 | 498 | 78.0 |
Brixton | 69535 | 1430 | 48.6 |
Norwood | 21099 | 1009 | 20.9 |
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