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]
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WORKSHOPS*
TABLE Tâ continued,
B.â Deaths (corrected) of Infants under, One Year of age from the chief infantile diseases, and from all causes, expressed in terms of 1000 births.
Borough 1905. | Borough 1906. | |||
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Total Deaths under One Year (Corrected). | Proportion to 1000 Births. | Total Deaths under One Year (Corrected). | Proportion to 1000 Births. | |
From all causes | 1014 | 114.8 | 1088 | 121.3 |
Diarrhoea | 142 | 16.1 | 217 | 24.2 |
Convulsions | 46 | 5.2 | 40 | 4.5 |
Respiratory Diseases | 167 | 18.9 | 150 | 16.7 |
Premature Births | 152 | 17.2 | 152 | 16.9 |
Tubercular Diseases (including Phthisis) | 51 | 5.8 | 42 | 4.7 |
Measles | 19 | 2.2 | 19 | 2.1 |
Whooping Cough | 40 | 4.5 | 38 | 3.7 |
Suffocation in Bed | 19 | 2.2 | 15 | 1.7 |
Enteritis | 45 | 5.1 | 82 | 9.1 |
Dentition | 9 | 1.02 | 17 | 1.9 |