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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Age Groups
Respiratory Tuberculosis
Neoplasms of the Lung
or Bronchus
1950
1951
1950
1951
MALES -
0 -
1 -
5 -
15 - 2
25-16 26 4 5
45- 23 37 52 55
65- 9 10 23 29
75- 2 3 8 8
TOTAL MALES 52 76 87 97
FEMALES-
0-
1-
5-
15- 6 1
25- 16 9 1 2
45- 11 5 2 8
65- 3 4 5 2
75- - 1 3 6
TOTAL FEMALES 36 20 11 18
In the public mind cigarette smoking has loomed large as the
Probable cause, but probabilities are by no means always proved
to be certainties.
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 two maternal
deaths during the year, a number too small for any rate comparison
to be made.