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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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TABLE
Shewing Mortalities in Lambeth Borough at different Age.periods during 1906, compared with (1) those for London 1906, and (2) the averages for London 1881.90.
| Age.Periods. | LAMBETH. | LONDON. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated Populations (middle 1906). | Mortality Rates per 1000 Population, 1906. | Mortality Rates per 1000 Population, 1906. Uncorrected. | Average of Ten Years, 1881—90, per 1000. | |||
| Corrected. | Uncorrected. | |||||
| 0—5 | 38915 | 46.03 | 51.3 | 49.1 | 68.4 | |
| 5—20 | 88951 | 2.8 | 6.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 20—40 | 111532 | 4.5 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.7 | |
| 40—60 | 58665 | 14.9 | 20.2 | |||
| 60—80 | 21105 | 57.0 | 67.1 | 67.2 | 68.3 | 63.3 |
| 80 and upwards | 1606 | 199.3 | 206.3 | |||
| Under 1 year | 7641 | 121.3 | 132.4 | 132.6 | 152.0 | |
| All Ages | 315774 | 14.9 | 15.9 | 15.7 | 20.5 | |
The Age.periods adopted in previous Lambeth Reports, are used for purposes of comparison, 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.