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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Birth-rates, Civilian Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, and Case rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1949 Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns
| England and Wales | 126 C.Bs. and Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller Towns Resident Population. 25,000-50,000 at 1931 census | London Administrative County | Lambeth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population:— | |||||
| Live Births | 16.7† | 18.7 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 17.91 |
| Still Births | 0.39† | 0.47 | 0.40 | 0.37 | 0.35 |
| Deaths : | |||||
| All Causes | 11.7† | 12.5 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 12.04 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Pneumonia | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.49 | 0.59 | 0.55 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Influenza | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.12 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
| Tuberculosis | 0.45 | 0.52 | 0.42 | 0.52 | 0.58 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Rates per 1.000 Live Births:— | |||||
| Deaths under 1 year of age | 32‡ | 37 | 30 | 29 | 29 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 3.0 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 3 2 |
• A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths,
† Rates per 1.000 total population.
‡ Per 1.000 related births.