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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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GENERAL STATISTICS
Area of Borough- 4,087. 5 statute acres
Divided into 4 Registration sub-districts
3 Parliamentary constituencies and 21
wards.
Population - Registrar General's estimate for mid-year
1956-223,900
Rateable value of District at 1st April 1956 £3,898,091
Sum represented by Penny Rate at 1st April 1956 £16,000
Live Births 3,915
*Birth rate (per 1,000 population) 15,74
Still Births 81
Deaths 2,389
*Death rate 11.10
Maternal Mortality 0.25
Infantile Mortality 21.20
*as adjusted by the following comparability
factors:
Births 0.90
Deaths 1,04
(Detailed vital statistics will be found in statistical summary
on page 45 )