Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE R—continued.
B.—Deaths (corrected) of Infants under One Year of age from the chief infantile diseases, and from all cause"!, expressed in terms of 1000 births (corrected).
Borough 1912. | Borough 1913. | |||
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Total Deaths under One Year (Corrected). | Proportion to 1000 Births (Corrected).* | Total Deaths under One Year (Corrected). | Proportion to 1000 Births (Corrected).* | |
From all causes | 598 | 86.02 | 733 | 101.3 |
Diarrhoea | 64 | 9.2 | 131 | 18.1 |
Convulsions | 11 | 1.6 | 20 | 2.8 |
Respiratory Diseases | 111 | 15.9 | 149 | 20.6 |
Premature Births | 124 | 17.8 | 130 | 17.9 |
Tubercular Diseases (including Phthisis) | 24 | 3.4 | 22 | 3.04 |
Measles | 19 | 2.7 | 23 | 3.2 |
Whooping Cough | 24 | 3.4 | 21 | 2.9 |
Suffocation in Bed | 9 | 13 | 10 | 1.4 |
Enteritis | 8 | 1 I | 10 | 1.4 |
Dentition | 8 | 11 | 10 | 1.4 |
*N.B.—The Registrar-General gives the corrected Lambeth births for 1912 and 1913 as 6952 and 7233 respectively, |