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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 1899

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1899

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Table: • 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.

• 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.
18981899
Total Deaths under One Year (Corrected).Percentage to 1000 BirthsTotal Deaths under One Year (Corrected).Percentage to 1000 Births.
From all causes1426154.11488157.7
Diarrhoea20922.619820.9
Convulsions606.5495.2
Respiratory Diseases21222.922924.3
Premature Births15416.618419.5
Tubercular Diseases (including Phthisis)818.59810.4
Measles272.9434.6
Whooping Cough717.7596.3
Suffocation in Bed535.9333.5
Enteritis10311.111412.1
Dentition242.6303.2