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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Birth-rates, Civilian Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality,
and Case rates for certain
Infectious Diseases in the year 1950
Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns
| England and Wales | 126 C.Bs. and GreatTowns including London | 148 Smaller Towns Resident Population, 25,000-50,000 at 1931 census | London Administrative County | Lambeth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Rates per 1,000 Population :— | |||||
| Live Births | 15.8† | 17.6 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 16.77 |
| Still Births | 0.37† | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.36 |
| Deaths : | |||||
| All Causes | 11.6† | 12.3 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 11.91 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Pneumonia | 0.46 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.47 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Influenza | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.09 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis | 0.36 | 0.42 | 0.33 | 0.39 | 0.43 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births:- | |||||
| Deaths under 1 year of age | 29.8‡ | 33.8 | 29.4 | 26.3 | 28.6 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.03 |
* A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths,
† Rates per 1,000 total population.
‡ Per 1,000 related births.