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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 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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| Registration Sub-Districts; PublicInstitutionsbeingshown asseparatelocalities. (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.) | Mortality from all causes at subjoined ages. | Mortan ?? subjoined Causes,distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| at all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 andunder 5. | 5 andunder 15. | 15 andunder 25 | 25 andunder 65 | 65 and upwards. | 1 | 2 | ?? | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | ???? | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhœaand Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneu. monia, & Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | Allother Diseases. | Total. | |||||||||||||
| Typhus. ] | Interic orTyphoid | Continued | Relapsing. | Puerpural. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SouthWesternHospital | 234 | 10 | 127 | 66 | 17 | 14 | ... | under 5 | ... | 67 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 137 | |
| 5 upwds. | ... | .36 | 1 | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 6 | 97 | |||||||||
| RemainderofBrixton | 1071 | 277 | 131 | 33 | 65 | 279 | 281 | Under 5 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 31 | 21 | 35 | ... | ... | 8 | 70 | 1 | 221 | 408 | ||
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 10 | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | 2 | 10 | ... | 83 | 101 | 73 | 14 | 343 | 663 | |||||||||
| LambethOldWorkhouse School | 5 | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 4) | ||||||||
| LambethNewWorkhouse School | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ||||||||
| RemainderofNorwood | 313 | 69 | 41 | 11 | 10 | 89 | 93 | under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 12 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 110 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 25 | 32 | 25 | 4 | 106 | 203 | ||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| Totals | 5794 | 1303 | 964 | 286 | 267 | 1738 | 1235 | under 5 | ... | 77 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | 178 | 130 | 146 | ... | ... | 33 | 385 | 12 | 83 | 1046 | 2267 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 49 | ... | 2 | 31 | 2 | ... | 22 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 26 | ... | 442 | 745 | 387 | 136 | 1559 | 3527 | ||||||||
| Thesubjoinednumbershavealsotobetaken ???ant in judging of the above records of mortality. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deathsoccurringoutsidethe districtamongpersons belongingthereto. | 314 | 18 | 41 | 18 | 24 | 165 | under 5 | 1 | 9 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 5 | 7 | ... | ... | 23 | 59 | ||
| 5 upwds. | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 50 | 42 | 22 | 113 | 255 | |||||||||
| Deathsoccurringwithinthe districtamongpersonsnot belongingthereto. | 651 | 71 | 164 | 78 | 55 | 224 | 59 | under 5 | ... | 44 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | ... | ... | 8 | 16 | 1 | 22 | 59 | 235 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 19 | ... | 2 | 14 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 16 | 31 | 60 | 46 | 190 | 416 | ||||||||