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Lambeth 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]

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Stillbirths. The following particulars regarding stillbirths registered in Lambeth during 1933 have been received from the Registrar General:—

Stillbirths registeredInward transfers.Outward transfersCorrected totals
Total legitimate and illegitimate:
Males115115373
Females103134274
Illegitimate:—
Males7236
Females514

Mortality (All ages). The mortality rates from different diseases and groups of diseases are given in terms of total deaths per 1,000 of the estimated population, with the exception of the infantile mortality rate which is expressed in terms of the corrected number of births.

193301932Quinquennium
19311926-1930
Estimated Population9,000292,300295,900301,120
General death-rate13.1112.5312.6612.70
Zymotic death-rate0.380.490.280.50
Measles death-rate0.030.130.0030.14
Whooping Cough death-rate0.070.070.090.09
Diarrhoeal death-rate0.160.150.100.11
Typhoid Fever death-rate0.0030.010.0030.008
Tuberculosis (all forms) death-rate0.940.960.901.07
Tuberculosis (pulmonary) death-rate0.840.840.850.91
Scarlet Fever death-rate0.010.0060.010.01
Diphtheria death-rate0.080.110.060.10
Small-pox death-rate0.000.000.0030.00
Infantile Mortality rate63566059
The Inner and Outer Districts vary as follows:—
Inner Districts—
General death-rate13.7113.2313.4313.60
Zymotic death-rate0.540.620.350.69
Outer Districts—
General death-rate12.7312.0912.1811.99
Zymotic death-rate0.280.410.240.37