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 J. Shewing the uncorrected Infantile Mortalities in the Registrar-General's old 33 Large Towns of England and Wales (including London), and in Lambeth Borough, during 1905, with averages for ten years (1895-1904).
England and Wales— (33 Large Towns.) | Deaths under one year per 1000 Births. | Average Ten Years, 1895—1904. |
---|---|---|
Croydon | 95 | 137 |
Brighton | 101 | 150 |
Cardiff | 118 | 154 |
Huddersfield | 119 | 142 |
Bristol | 122 | 140 |
Birkenhead | 127 | 171 |
Halifax | 131 | 142 |
London | 131 | 155 |
Swansea | 131 | 165 |
Portsmouth | 133 | 158 |
Newcastle-on-Tyne | 135 | 172 |
Plymouth | 135 | 170 |
Wolverhampton | 137 | 180 |
Gateshead | 138 | 175 |
Sunderland | 142 | 171 |
Bradford | 144 | 165 |
Blackburn | 146 | 193 |
Salford | 148 | 200 |
Leicester | 148 | 181 |
Oldham | 150 | 174 |
Derby | 151 | 154 |
Leeds | 151 | 176 |
Hull | 152 | 175 |
Liverpool | 153 | 186 |
West Ham | 153 | 169 |
Preston | 154 | 218 |
Birmingham | 154 | 188 |
Nottingham | 155 | 184 |
Manchester | 157 | 187 |
Bolton | 167 | 171 |
Sheffield | 167 | 185 |
Burnley | 173 | 215 |
Norwich | 174 | 178 |
London Districts— | ||
Central | 118 | |
North | 121 | |
South | 123 | |
West | 132 | |
East | 149 | |
Lambeth | 114.8 |
N.B.—The rates for London Districts (including Lambeth) are corrected
as regards the deaths under I year of age. The uncorrected rate for Lambeth
is 127.6.