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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| Death-Rate. | 1926 | 1901 | Estimated number of deaths saved in 1926, as compared with 1901 with percentage decreases. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Deaths saved in 1926. | per cent. decreases. | |||
| General death-rate | 1 1.49 | 33.06 | ||
| Zymotic death -rate | ||||
| Measles death rate | 0.39 | |||
| Whooping Cough death-rate | 99 | |||
| Typhoid Fever death-rate | 0.076 | |||
| Diarrhoea death-rate | 0.91 | 92.22 | ||
| Scarlet Fever death rate | 0.01 | 34 | ||
| Diphtheria death-rate | 0.16 | 9 | ||
| Smallpox death-rate | 0.01 | 3 | ||
| Tuberculosis death-rates— | ||||
| 2.29 | 391 | 54-83 | ||
| (6) Pulmonary or Phthisis or Consumption | 1.63 | 2 45 | 48 .32 | |
| Infantile Mortality death-rate (under 1 year of age) | 139.38 | 749 | ||
| Child Mortality death-rate (between 1 and5 years of age) | 229 | 53.5 | ||
The rates for the Inner and Outer Districts of the Borough, are as follows:—
| Inner Districts— | ||||
| General death-rate | 999 | |||
| Zymotic death-rate | 3.1 | 73.87 | ||
| Outer Districts— | ||||
| General death-rate | 13.9 | 23.00 | ||
| Zymotic death-rate | 0.3 | 1.2 | 73.59 | |
N.B.—All death-rates are corrected as to the actual numbers of deaths,
and expressed in terms per thousand of the populations (estimated
to the middles of the various years), with the exception of the
infantile mortality rates, which are expressed in terms per
thousand of the total uncorrected births registered.