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Lambeth 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE IV.
BOROUGH OF LAMBETH—INFANTILE MORTALITY, 1926. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.
| Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 1 month. | 1-3 months. | 3-6 months. | 6-9 months. | 9 12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Certified | 94 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 131 | 58 | 34 | 40 | 30 | 293 |
| U ncertified | — | - | - | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | |
| Chicken Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 10 | 13 | |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Diarrhoea | — | I | I | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | |
| Enteritis | — | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | — | 20 | |
| Influenza ... | — | - | - | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | ||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | |
| Phthisis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | |