London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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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19551956
Maternal deaths41
Maternal death rate per 1,000 (live and still) births1.080.25
Deaths of infants under l year of age
(a) Legitimate6472
(b) Illegitimate1011
Total7483
Infantile death rate per 1,000 live births20.5721.20
Neo natal (under 4 weeks) deaths5668
Neo-natal death rate per 1,000 live births15.5717.37
Marriages.1,9492,088
Marriage rate per 1,000 population8.699.33

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* as adjusted by comparability factor