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Lambeth 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Stillbirths.
The following particulars regarding stillbirths registered in Lambeth during 1938 have been received from the Registrar General:—
| Total legitimate and illegitimate : | |
| Males | 73 |
| Females | 47 |
| Illegitimate:— | |
| Males | 6 |
| Females | 2 |
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.
| Quinquennium | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 1937 | 1936 | 1931-1935 | |
| Estimated Population | 272,800 | 273,800 | 277,500 | 288,200 |
| General death-rate | 11.78 | 13.06 | 12.41 | 12.59 |
| Zymotic death-rate | 0.28 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.39 |
| Measles death-rate | 0.06 | 0.003 | 0.09 | 0.08 |
| Whooping Cough death-rate | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.06 |
| Diarrhœal death-rate | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.13 |
| Typhoid Fever death-rate | 0.00 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.004 |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) death-rate | 0.76 | 0.87 | 0.76 | 0.90 |
| Tuberculosis (pulmonary) death-rate | 0.67 | 0.75 | 0.69 | 0.80 |
| Scarlet Fever death-rate | 0.003 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria death-rate | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.09 |
| Small-pox death-rate | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Infantile Mortality rate | 51 | 68 | 59 | 60 |