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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 1937
[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 1937 (Provisional figures).
| — | Rate per 1,000 Total Population | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population | Rate per 1,000 Births | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Enteric Fever | Smallpox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Violence | Diarrhoea & Enteritis (under two years) | Total Deaths under one year | |||
| Live Births | Still-| births | ||||||||||||
| England and Wales | 14.9 | 0.60 | 12.4 | 0.00 | — | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.45 | 0.54 | 5.8 | 58 |
| 125 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 14.9 | 0.67 | 12.5 | 0.01 | — | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.39 | 0.45 | 7.9 | 62 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000-50,000 at Census 1931) | 15.3 | 0.64 | 11.9 | 0.00 | — | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 3.2 | 55 |
| London | 13.3 | 0.54 | 12.3 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.38 | 0.51 | 12.0 | 60 |
| Lambeth | 14.14 | 0.52 | 13.06 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.42 | 0.36 | 11.61 | 68 |
The maternal Mortality rates are as follows r—
Puerperal Puerperal
Sepsis Others Total Sepsis Others Total
Per 1,000 Live Births, England & Wales 0.97 2.26 3.23 Per 1,000 Total Births, England & Wales 0.94 2.17 3.11
Lambeth 1.29 0.77 2.06 Lambeth 1.24 0.74 1.98