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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 1909
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1909
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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 1000 births (corrected).
| Borough 1909. | Borough 1908. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Deaths under One Year (Corrected). | Proportion to 1000 Births (Corrected).1 | Total Deaths under One Year (Corrected). | Proportion to 1000 Births (Corrected).* | |
| From all causes | 830 | 109.5 | 829 | 103.2 |
| Diarrhœa | 99 | 13.1 | 118 | 14.7 |
| Convulsions | 29 | 3.7 | 21 | 2.6 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 152 | 20.1 | 140 | 17.4 |
| Premature Births | 131 | 17.3 | 134 | 16.7 |
| Tubercular Diseases (including Phthisis) | 41 | 5.4 | 53 | 6.6 |
| Measles | 21 | 2.8 | 16 | 1.9 |
| Whooping Cough | 44 | 5.8 | 19 | 2.4 |
| Suffocation in Bed | 6 | 0.8 | 6 | 0.7 |
| Enteritis | 13 | 1.7 | 31 | 3.9 |
| Dentition | 13 | 1.7 | 9 | 1.1 |
* N.B.—The Registrar-General gives the corrected Lambeth births for 1908 and 1909 as 8035 and 7578
respectively.