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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Neoplasms of the lung and bronchus
| 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
| 57 | 13 | 59 | 19 | 58 | 23 | 77 | 31 | 87 | 11 | 97 | 18 | 75 | 26 | 73 | 23 | 92 | 22 |
| Age Groups | Respiratory Tuberculosis | Neoplasms of the Lung or Bronchus | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | |
| Males - | ||||||||||
| 0 - | 1 | |||||||||
| 1 - | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 - | - | |||||||||
| 15 - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 - | 16 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 45 - | 23 | 37 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 52 | 55 | 49 | 39 | 51 |
| 65 - | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 21 | 22 | 27 |
| 75 - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 10 |
| TOTAL MALES 52 | 76 | 44 | 38 | 24 | 87 | 97 | 75 | 73 | 92 | |
| FEMALES - | ||||||||||
| 0 - | 1 | |||||||||
| 1 - | - | |||||||||
| 5 - | - | |||||||||
| 15 - | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 - | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 45 - | 11 | 5 | 8 | - | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 11 |
| 65 - | 3 | 4 | - | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| 75 - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| TOTAL FEMALES | 36 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 26 | 23 | 22 |
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 six deaths during the year
1.59 pur 1.000 live and still births. Last year there were four deaths