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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE F (i). Maternal Mortality.
| Borough or City | Rate per 1,000 live births | Rate per 1,000 total births (live and still) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerperal sepsis | Other causes | Total | Puerperal sepsis | Other causes | Total | |
| West Districts— | ||||||
| Paddington | 0.53 | 1.06 | 1.59 | 0.51 | 1.02 | 1.53 |
| Kensington | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.2 |
| Hammersmith | 0.00 | 1.07 | 1.07 | 0.00 | 1.04 | 1.04 |
| Fulham | 0.51 | 0.00 | 0.51 | 0.49 | 0.00 | 0.49 |
| Chelsea | 3.5 | 1.7 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 5.1 |
| Westminster | 1.9 | 4.8 | 6.7 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 6.5 |
| North Districts— | ||||||
| St. Marylebone | 0.00 | 2.49 | 2.49 | 0.00 | 2.41 | 2.41 |
| Hampstead | 0.00 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.00 | 0.91 | 0.91 |
| St. Pancras | 0.00 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.00 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Islington | 1.12 | 1.56 | 2.68 | 1.08 | 1.52 | 2.60 |
| Stoke Newington | 0.00 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.00 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Hackney | 0.36 | 0.00 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.00 | 0.35 |
| Central Districts— | ||||||
| Holborn | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 3.76 | 3.76 |
| Finsbury | 0.00 | 4.05 | 4.05 | 0.00 | 3.84 | 3.84 |
| City of London | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| East Districts— | ||||||
| Shoreditch | 0.85 | 1.69 | 2.54 | 0.82 | 1.64 | 2.46 |
| Bethnal Green | 0.76 | 0.76 | 1.52 | 0.74 | 0.74 | 1.47 |
| Stepney | 1.145 | 1.145 | 2.29 | 1.11 | 1.11 | 2.22 |
| Poplar | 1.50 | 1.00 | 2.50 | 1.45 | 0.97 | 2.42 |
| South Districts— | ||||||
| Southwark | 0.00 | 0.98 | 0.98 | 0.00 | 0.95 | 0.95 |
| Bermondsey | 0.00 | 2.75 | 2.75 | 0.00 | 2.71 | 2.71 |
| Lambeth | 0.52 | 1.30 | 1.82 | 0.50 | 1.26 | 1.76 |
| Battersea | 2.37 | 0.47 | 2.84 | 2.30 | 0.46 | 2.76 |
| Wandsworth | 0.49 | 2.71 | 3.20 | 0.47 | 2.63 | 3.11 |
| Camberwell | 0.32 | 2.25 | 2.57 | 0.31 | 2.18 | 2.49 |
| Deptford | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Greenwich | 0.00 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Lewisham | 1.56 | 0.62 | 2.19 | 1.52 | 0.61 | 2.13 |
| Woolwich | 0.00 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.00 | 0.47 | 0.47 |
* Information not available.