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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 T (Continued).
B.—Deaths 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.
London.
Total Deaths
under One Year
(Corrected).
Percentage
to
1000 Births.
Total Deaths
under One Year
(Uncorrected).
Percentage
to
1000 Births.
From all causes
1425
151.8
21273
159.2
Diarrhœa
197
20.9
3240
24.3
Convulsions
44
4.7
1500
11.3
Respiratory Diseases
201
21.4
3686
27.9
Premature Births
196
20.9
2677
20.0
Tubercular Diseases (including Phthisis)
83
8.9
1328
9.9
Measles
23
2.5
386
2.1
Whooping Cough
66
7.03
789
5.9
Suffocation in Bed
29
3.1
568
4.3
Enteritis
89
9.5
1528
11.4
Dentition
29
3.1
260
1.9