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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 1903

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1903

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Table: TABLE T (Continued). B.-Deaths (corrected) of Infants under One Year age from the chief infantile discases, and from all Causes, expressed in terms of 1,000 births.

TABLE T (Continued). B.-Deaths (corrected) of Infants under One Year age from the chief infantile discases, and from all Causes, expressed in terms of 1,000 births.

Borough 1902.Borough 1903.
Total Deaths under One Year (Corrected).Proportion to 1000 Births.Total Deaths under One Year (Corrected).Proportion to 1000 Births.
From all causes1155127. 51138125.5
Diarrhœa12113.412413.7
Convulsions465.1465.1
Respiratory Diseases22524.818620.5
Premature Births17319.115917.5
Tubercular Diseases (including Phthisis)667.3899.8
Measles90.9252.8
Whooping Cough505.5657.2
Suffocation in Bed323.5283.1
Enteritis384.2272.9
Dentition192.1262.9