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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE F (i).
Maternal Mortality.
| Borough or City | Rate per 1,000 live births | Rate per 1,000 total births (live and still) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerperal sepsis | Other causes | Total | Puerperal sepsis | Other causes | Total | |
| West Districts— | ||||||
| Paddington | 1.06 | 3.17 | 4.23 | 1.02 | 3.06 | 4.08 |
| Kensington | 0.9 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 3.2 |
| Hammersmith | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| Fulham | 0.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| Chelsea | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Westminster | 3.9 | 4.8 | 8.8 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 8.4 |
| North Districts— | ||||||
| St. Marylebone | 2.33 | 2.33 | 4.66 | 2.23 | 2.23 | 4.46 |
| Hampstead | 0.98 | 1.97 | 2.95 | 0.956 | 1.91 | 2.87 |
| St. Pancras | 2.1 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 3.2 |
| Islington | 1.99 | 1.11 | 3.10 | 1.94 | 1.07 | 3.01 |
| Stoke New ington | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| Hackney | 0.34 | 1.04 | 1.39 | 0.33 | 1.01 | 1.34 |
| Central Districts— | ||||||
| Holborn | 3.57 | 0.0 | 3.57 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 3.4 |
| Finsbury | 0.0 | 2.46 | 2.46 | 0.0 | 2.40 | 2.40 |
| City of London | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| East Districts— | ||||||
| Shoreditch | 0.82 | 2.45 | 3.27 | 0.79 | 2.38 | 3.17 |
| Bethnal Green | 1.59 | 0.79 | 2.38 | 1.53 | 0.77 | 2.3 |
| Stepney | 0.72 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 0.69 | 1.74 | 2.4 |
| Poplar | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.94 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.92 |
| South Districts— | ||||||
| Southwark | 0.46 | 2.77 | 2.33 | 0.45 | 2.68 | 3.13 |
| Bermondsey | 0.0 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.0 | 0.68 | 0.68 |
| Lambeth | 1.29 | 0.77 | 2,06 | 1.24 | 0.74 | 1.98 |
| Battersea | 0.0 | 1.87 | 1.87 | 0.0 | 1.81 | 1.81 |
| Wandsworth | 0.76 | 2.53 | 3.29 | 0.73 | 2.45 | 3.18 |
| Camberwell | 0.95 | 0.95 | 1.90 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 1.84 |
| Deptford | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Greenwich | 0.75 | 0.0 | 0.75 | 0.72 | 0.0 | 0.72 |
| Lewisham | 0.33 | 0.99 | 1.32 | 0.32 | 0.96 | 1.27 |
| Woolwich | 0.0 | 1.41 | 1.41 | 0.0 | 1.35 | 1.35 |