Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1898.

  • Lambeth (London, England). Parish. Vestry.
Date:
[1899]
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Credit: Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1898. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    23 The 5430 corrected deaths may be further analysed and tabulated according to age-periods as follows:— 1426, i.e., 26.3 per cent. of the total deaths took place under 1 year of age. 663 „ 12.2 „ „ between 1 and 5 years. 2089 „ 38.5 „ „ under 5 years. 261 „ 48.1 „ „ between 5 and 20 years. 610 „ 11.2 „ „ 20 and 40 years. 1020 „ 18.8 „ „ 40 and 60 years. 1199 „ 22.1 „ „ 60 and 80 years. 251 „ 4.6 „ „ 80 years and over. 3341 „ 61.5 „ „ over 5 years. These results must be compared with those for London given in Table E, which shews the estimated mortalities per 1000 persons at each age-period for London during 1898, and for the London averages for the 10 years 1881-90. Tables G, H and I shew the uncorrected returns (male and female) arranged as to Registration Sub-districts, age periods, and quarters respectively, for comparison with similar tables in former Lambeth Reports. The place that Lambeth takes amongst the Metropolitan Sanitary Districts is worthy of note, there being only 15 other Districts (out of 43) with a less death-rate, and 18 with a less zymotic death-rate—a condition of things satisfactory in so far as general death-rates are a guage of the health, or otherwise, of a Community. The sanitary conditions under which the people live are important, and, as far as Lambeth is concerned, are improving year by year owing to the good work that is being done by the Sanitary Department. [See Report as to Work done by Sanitary Inspectors—pp. 85 and onwards.]
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