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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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, The Vestry of the Parish of]
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TABLE F.
Showing Mortalities in Lambeth at different Age.Periods compared with (1) those for London 1900, and (2) the averages for London, for years 1881.90.
| Age.Periods. | LAMBETH. | LONDON. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated Populations (middle 1900). | Mortality Rale1 per 1000 Population, 1900. | Mortality Rates per 1000 Population, 1900, Uncorrected. | Average of Ten Years 1881—90. per 1000. | |||
| Corrected | Uncorrected. | |||||
| 0—5 | 86950 | 50 9 | 51.8 | 56.7 | 68.4 | |
| 5—20 | 94571 | 2.7 | 7.8 | 32 | 8.6 | 4.3 |
| 20—40 | 105290 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 7.7 | ||
| 40— 60 | 51071 | 19.7 | 21.6 | 20.2 | ||
| 60—80 | 19814 | 63.3 | 73.8 | 66.3 | 77.01 | 63.3 |
| 80 and upwards | 1456 | 223.9 | 232.5 | 206.2 | ||
| *Under 1 year | 9167 | 144.9 | 147.3 | 159.9 | 152.0 | |
| All Ages | 312152 | 17 4 | 17.9 | 18.7 | 20.5 | |
I have used the Age.periods adopted in previous Lambeth Reports, though it is considered
more accurate to sub.divide as follows 1.5, 5.15, 15.25, 25.35, 35.45, 45.55, 55.65, 65.75, 75.85,
85 and over.
* N.B.—The Rates under 1 year are given in terms of 1000 births.