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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 1898

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1898

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Table: 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 1898.

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 1898.

Deaths under one year per 1000 Births.Average Ten Years. 1888—97.
England and Wales (33 Large Towns.)178167
Croydon150128
Huddersfield153158
Lambeth154143
Portsmouth156150
Cardiff158160
Halifax163158
Bristol164144
London166155
Bolton168179
Derby169152
West Ham170154
Plymouth170168
Oldham175178
Nottingham178174
Brighton181148
Leeds182178
Hull182173
Liverpool184189
Swansea184157
Bradford185171
Birkenhead186166
Newcastle190167
Leicester191199
Birmingham191180
Norwich192175
Sheffield195180
Burnley195209
Manchester197185
Wolverhampton200188
Sunderland202169
Blackburn206201
Gateshead208166
Salford212198
Preston225234
*London Districts—
North153141
South163151
East181164
West170158
Central170167

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* The figures are corrected for the London Districts (including Lambeth).