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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 1919
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1919
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Local Government Board New Tables. TABLE IV. BOROUGH OF LAMBETH—INFANTILE MORTALITY, 1919. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.
| Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 1 month. | 1-3 months. | 3-6 months. | 6-9 months. | 9-12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Certified | 150 | 30 | 18 | 17 | 215 | 64 | 73 | 55 | 35 | 442 |
| Uncertified | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 37 | |
| Chicken Pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 3 | |
| Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 5 | |
| Diarrhœa | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 64 | |
| Enteritis (Epidemic) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | |
| Influenza | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Anterior Poliomyelitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Phthisis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | – | I I | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | ||
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | |
| Congenital Malformations | 10 | 3 | 2 | – | 15 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 20 | |
| Premature Birth | 100 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 123 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 130 | |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 59 | |
| Atelectasis | 10 | 2 | – | 1 | 13 | – | – | – | – | 13 | |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |
| Syphilis | 1 | – | – | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 11 | |
| Rickets | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | |
| Convulsions | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Gastritis | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | 4 | |
| Dentition | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Eczema | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| Bronchitis | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | |
| Pneumonia | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | |
| Broncho Pneumonia | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 44 | |
| Pleuro „ | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 | |
| Suffocation, overlaying | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 | |
| Accident, other than Suffocation | 10 | 3 | 1 | – | 14 | – | – | – | – | 14 | |
| Other causes not classified above | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 3 | – | 1 | 21 | |
| Want of Attention at Birth | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | |
| Murder | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Croup | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Epilepsy | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Totals | 167 | 31 | 19 | 18 | 235 | 70 | 79 | 58 | 37 | 479 | |