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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 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]

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Table: Birth-Rates, Civilian Death-Bates, Analysis of Mortality, and Case Rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the Year 1953. Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns

Birth-Rates, Civilian Death-Bates, Analysis of Mortality, and Case Rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the Year 1953. Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns

England and Wales160 C.Bs. and GreatTowns including London160 Smaller Towns Resident Population 25,000 to 50,000 at 1951 CensusLondon Admini-strative CountyLambeth
* Rates per 1,000 population
Live Births15.517.015.717.515.93
Still Births(0.350.430.340.380.28
(22.4**24.8**21.4**21.0**16.97**
DEATHs:
All causes11.412.211.312.510.52
Typhoid and paratyphoid0.000.00---
Pneumonia0.550.590.520.640.56
Whooping Cough0.010.010.000.00-
Diphtheria0.000.000.00--
Influenza0.160.150.170.150.19
Smallpox0.000.000.00--
Tuberculosis0.200.240.190.240.23
Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis0.010.010.010.01-
Rates per 1,000 Live Births
Deaths under 1 year of age26.8#30.824.324.825.49
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age1.11.30.91.11.64
* A dash (-) signifies that there were no deaths.* *Rates per 1,000 total live and still births. * Per 1,000 related births.