London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Lambeth 1949

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

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All ages
0-1
1-5
5-15
15-45
45-65
65 and
over
2,736 119 21 19 207 646 1,724
100 4.35 0.77 0.69 7.57 23.61 63.01
per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent.
During the year the number of live births corrected by inward
and outward transfers was 4,108, giving a corrected birth rate of
17.91, compared with 19.02 in 1948, a decrease of 1.12 per 1,000
population.
Maternal Mortality
The maternal mortality is expressed as the number of deaths
attributed to puerperal and post-abortive sepsis and other maternal
causes for each 1,000 births. There were no maternal deaths for
the first time in the borough's history.