Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1898
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TABLE T (Continued). B.—Deaths (corrected) 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. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898. | 1897. | |||
| Total Deaths under One Year (Corrected). | Percentage to 1000 Births. | Total Deaths under One Year {Corrected,'. | Percentage to 1000 Births. | |
| From all causes | 1426 | 154.1 | 1425 | 151.8 |
| Diarrhoea | 209 | 22.6 | 197 | 20.9 |
| Convulsions | 60 | 6.5 | 44 | 4.7 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 212 | 22.9 | 201 | 21.4 |
| Premature Births | 154 | 16.6 | 196 | 20.9 |
| Tubercular Diseases (including Phthisis) | 81 | 8.5 | 83 | 8.9 |
| Measles | 27 | 2.9 | 23 | 2.5 |
| Whooping Cough | 71 | 7.7 | 66 | 7.0 |
| Suffocation in Bed | 53 | 5.9 | 29 | 3.1 |
| Enteritis | 103 | 11.1 | 89 | 9.5 |
| Dentition | 24 | 2.6 | 29 | 3.1 |