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Lambeth 1935

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

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Stillbirths. The following particulars regarding stillbirths registered in Lambeth during 1935 have been received from the Registrar General:—

Stillbirths registeredInward transfers.Outward transfersCorrected totals
Total legitimate and illegitimate :
Males...115155476
Females9195050
Illegitimate :—
Males7144
Females752

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.

Quinquennium
1935193419331926-1930
Estimated Population279,900283,900289,000301,120
General death-rate12.0212.6513.1112.70
Zymotic death-rate0.250.590.380.50
Measles death-rate0.0070.230.030.14
Whooping Cough death-rate0.060.040.070.09
Diarrhoeal death-rate0.120.130.160.11
Typhoid Fever death-rate0.0030.0030.0030.008
Tuberculosis (all forms) death-rate0.780.940.941.07
Tuberculosis (pulmonary) death-rate0.700.810.840.91
Scarlet Fever death-rate0.000.010.010.01
Diphtheria death-rate0.050.150.080.10
Small-pox death-rate0.000.000.000.00
Infantile Mortality rate59636359