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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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The following table gives a comparison of tuberculosis of the lung and of cancer of the lung as causes of death over the past five years:-
| Age Groups | Respiratory Tuberculosis | Neoplasms of the Lung or Bronchus | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1951 | 1955 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | |
| Males - | ||||||||||
| 0 - | 1 | |||||||||
| 1 - | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 - | - | |||||||||
| 15 - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 - | 26 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 45 - | 37 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 55 | 49 | 39 | 51 | 59 |
| 65 - | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 21 | 22 | 27 | 21 |
| 75 - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| TOTAL MALES 76 | 44 | 38 | 24 | 26 | 97 | 75 | 73 | 92 | 93 | |
| Femal es - | ||||||||||
| 0 - | 1 | |||||||||
| 1 - | - | |||||||||
| 5 - | - | |||||||||
| 15 - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 - | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | - |
| 45 - | 5 | 8 | - | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 9 |
| 65 - | 4 | - | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 |
| 75 - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| TOTAL FEMALES | 20 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 20 |
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 four deaths during the year
1.08 per 1,000 live and still births Last year there were six deaths.