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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: TABLE T(Continued).3.—Deaths (corrected) of Infants under One Year of age from the chief infantile diseases, and from all causes, expressed in terms of 1,000 births.

TABLE T(Continued).

3.—Deaths (corrected) of Infants under One Year of age from the chief infantile diseases, and from all causes, expressed in terms of 1,000 births.

Lambeth parish
1900.1899.
Total Deaths under One Year (Corrected).Percentage to 1000 Births.Total Deaths under One Year (Corrected).Percentage to 1000 Births
From all causes1328144.91488157.7
Diarrhœa12613.719820.9
Convulsions646.9495.2
Respiratory Diseases24026.222924.3
Premature Births17519.118419.5
Tubercular Diseases (including Phthisis)818.89810.4
Measles222.4434.6
Whooping Cough454.9596.3
Suffocation in Bed363.9333.5
Enteritis9610.511412.1
Dentition141.5303.2