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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE F. Birth-Rate, Death-Rate, and Analysis of Mortality During the Year 1936 (Provisional figures).
| Rate per 1,00.0 Total Population | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population | Rate per 1,000 Births | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AllCauses | Enteric Fever | Smallpox | Measles | ScarletFever | WhoopingCough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Violence | Diarrhoea & Enteritis(under two years) | Total Deaths under one year | |||
| Live Births | Still-births | ||||||||||||
| England and Wales | 14.8 | 0.61 | 12.1 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.52 | 5.9 | 59 |
| 122 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 14.9 | 0.67 | 12.3 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.45 | 8.2 | 63 |
| 143 Smaller Towns (Esti-mated Resident Popu-lations 25,000-50,000 at Census 1931) | 15.0 | 0.64 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.39 | 3.4 | 55 |
| London | 13.6 | 0.53 | 12.5 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.14 | 0.52 | 14.4 | 66 |
| Lambeth | 13.9 | 0.46 | 12.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.43 | 9.8 | 59 |
The maternal Mortality rates are as follows :—
| Puerperal | Puerperal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepsis | Others | Total | Sepsis | Others | Total | ||
| Per 1,000 Live Births, England & Wales | 1.40 | 2.41 | 3.81 | Per 1,000 Total Births, England & Wales | 1.34 | 2.31 | 3.65 |
| Lambeth | 0.25 | 0.52 | 0.77 | Lambeth | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.75 |