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 1905
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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 1905. | Borough 1904. | |||
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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 | 1014 | 114.8 | 1248 | 137.8 |
Diarrhœa | 142 | 16.1 | 222 | 24.5 |
Convulsions | 46 | 5.2 | 36 | 3.9 |
Respiratory Diseases | 167 | 18.9 | 206 | 22.7 |
Premature Births | 152 | 17.2 | 172 | 18.9 |
Tubercular Diseases (including Phthisis) | 51 | 5.8 | 71 | 7.8 |
Measles | 19 | 2.2 | 46 | 5.1 |
Whooping Cough | 40 | 4.5 | 45 | 4.9 |
Suffocation in Bed | 19 | 2.2 | 22 | 2.4 |
Enteritis | 45 | 5.1 | 40 | 4.4 |
Dentition | 9 | 1.02 | 11 | 1.2 |