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Lambeth 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]

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Stillbirths.
The following particulars regarding stillbirths registered in
Lambeth during 1934 have been received from the Registrar
General:—
Stillbirths
registered
Inward
transfers.
Outward
transfers
Corrected
totals
Total legitimate and
illegitimate:
Males
116
12
60
68
Females
82
13
47
48
Illegitimate :—
Males
4
2
2
4
Females
4
-
2
2
Mortality (All ages).
The mortality rates from different diseases and groups of diseases
are given in terms of total deaths per 1,000 of the estimated
population, with the exception of the infantile mortality rate
which is expressed in terms of the corrected number of births.
1934
1933
1932
Quinquennium
1926-1930
Estimated Population
283,900
289,000
292,300
301,120
General death-rate
12.65
13.11
12.53
12.70
Zymotic death-rate
0.59
0.38
0.49
0.50
Measles death-rate
0.23
0.03
0.13
0.14
Whooping Cough death-rate
0.04
0.07
0.07
0.09
Diarrhoeal death-rate
0.13
0.16
0.15
0.11
Typhoid Fever death-rate
0.003
0.003
0.01
0.008
Tuberculosis (all forms)
death-rate
0.94
0.94
0.96
1.07
Tuberculosis (pulmonary)
death-rate
0.81
0.84
0.84
0.91
Scarlet Fever death-rate
0.01
0.01
0.006
0.01
Diphtheria death-rate
0.15
0.08
0.11
0.10
Small-pox death-rate
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Infantile Mortality rate
63
63
56
59