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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 1897
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1897
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TABLE J.
Shewing the Infantile Mortalities in the Registrar-General's 33 Large Towns
of England and Wales (including London), and in Lambeth Parish, during 1896
Deaths under
one year per
1000 Births.
Average Ten
Years,
1887—96.
England and Wales
(33 Large Towns).
177
167
Huddersfield
131
163
Croydon
135
126
Halifax
140
160
Swansea
140
158
Brighton
144
149
Bristol
149
144
Lambeth
151
143
Cardiff
151
162
London
158
155
Birkenhead
164
165
Sunderland
165
167
Portsmouth
168
147
Derby
168
150
West Ham
172
154
Gateshead
172
165
Newcastle
178
166
Bradford
179
171
Hull
181
171
Oldham
183
179
Plymouth
185
170
Bolton
186
178
Leeds
190
176
Norwich
194
172
Manchester
195
184
Sheffield
198
178
Liverpool
200
188
Leicester
205
199
Blackburn
206
200
Nottingham
206
170
Birmingham
214
176
Wolverhampton
217
184
Salford
219
195
Burnley
220
208
Preston
262
229
*London Districts—
North
145
South
158
West
160
East
170
Central
163
* The figures are corrected for the London Districts (including Lambeth).