Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1902
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TABLE T (Continued). B.— Deaths (corrected) of Infants under One Year of age from the chief infantile diseases, and from all causes, expressed in terms of 1,000 births.
Borough 1901. | Borough 1902. | |||
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Total Deaths under One Year (Corrected). | Proportion to 1000 Births. | Total Deaths under One Year (Corrected). | Proportion to 1000 Births. | |
From all causes | 1267 | 139.3 | 1155 | 127.5 |
Diarrhœa | 235 | 25.8 | 121 | 13.4 |
Convulsions | 40 | 4.4 | 46 | 5.1 |
Respiratory Diseases | 219 | 24.1 | 225 | 24.8 |
Premature Births | 163 | 17.9 | 173 | 19.1 |
Tubercular Diseases (including Phthisis) | 91 | 10.01 | 66 | 7.3 |
Measles | 25 | 2.7 | 9 | 0.9 |
Whooping Cough | 31 | 3.4 | 50 | 5.5 |
Suffocation in Bed | 47 | 5.2 | 32 | 3.5 |
Enteritis | 30 | 3.3 | 38 | 4.2 |
Dentition | 28 | 3.1 | 19 | 2.1 |