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 1899
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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 1000 births.
Lambeth Parish. | ||||
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1898 | 1899 | |||
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 | 1488 | 157.7 |
Diarrhoea | 209 | 22.6 | 198 | 20.9 |
Convulsions | 60 | 6.5 | 49 | 5.2 |
Respiratory Diseases | 212 | 22.9 | 229 | 24.3 |
Premature Births | 154 | 16.6 | 184 | 19.5 |
Tubercular Diseases (including Phthisis) | 81 | 8.5 | 98 | 10.4 |
Measles | 27 | 2.9 | 43 | 4.6 |
Whooping Cough | 71 | 7.7 | 59 | 6.3 |
Suffocation in Bed | 53 | 5.9 | 33 | 3.5 |
Enteritis | 103 | 11.1 | 114 | 12.1 |
Dentition | 24 | 2.6 | 30 | 3.2 |