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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Birth-rates, Civilian Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality,
Maternal Mortality and Case rates for certain
Infectious Diseases in the year 1944.
Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns.
| England and Wales | 126 C.Bs. and Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller Towns Resident Population, 25,00050,000 at 1931 census | London Administrative County | Lambeth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | * Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population:— | ||||
| Live Births | 17.6† | 20.3 | 20.9 | 15.0 | 18.4 |
| Still Births | 0.50† | 0.64 | 0.61 | 0.42 | 0.47 |
| Deaths: | |||||
| All Causes | 11.6† | 13.7 | 12.4 | 15.7 | 17.56 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.01 |
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Influenza | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.11 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | — |
| Rates Per 1.000 Live Births:— | |||||
| Deaths under 1 year of age | 46‡ | 52 | 44 | 61 | 52 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 4.8 | 7.3 | 4.4 | 10.1 | 0.20 |
| * A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths. † Rates per 1,000 total population. ‡ Per 1,000 related births. | |||||