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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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 No. of Deaths in each District | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male. | Female | Total | Male. | Female | Total. | Male. | Female | Total | Male. | Female | Total. | ||
Waterloo Road, 1st | 41 | 38 | 79 | 48 | 51 | 99 | 28 | 40 | 68 | 38 | 46 | 84 | 330 |
Waterloo Road, 2nd | 40 | 51 | 91 | 43 | 34 | 77 | 43 | 39 | 82 | 45 | 38 | 83 | 333 |
Lambeth Church, 1st | 148 | 98 | 246 | 130 | 83 | 213 | 144 | 90 | 234 | 137 | 98 | 235 | 928 |
Lambeth Church, 2nd | 203 | 203 | 406 | 143 | 139 | 282 | 170 | 137 | 307 | 200 | 180 | 380 | 1375 |
Kennington, 1st | 132 | 138 | 270 | 83 | 95 | 178 | 86 | 110 | 196 | 114 | 125 | 239 | 883 |
Kennington, 2nd | 90 | 92 | 182 | 66 | 72 | 138 | 64 | 61 | 125 | 79 | 102 | 181 | 626 |
Brixton | 152 | 182 | 334 | 98 | 133 | 231 | 118 | 105 | 223 | 158 | 197 | 355 | 1143 |
Norwood | 60 | 55 | 115 | 30 | 37 | 67 | 35 | 24 | 59 | 30 | 53 | 83 | 324 |
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Making a total of deaths in Lambeth—March 1723, June 1285, September 1294, December 1640. 1320 persons died in the public institutions, including 470 strangers. The strangers were more by 34 than in the preceding year. |