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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 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]

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Table: SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1957

SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1957

England & WalesBorough of Lambeth
BirthsRates per 1,000 Home Popul at ion
Live Births16. 116. 82
Still Births0. 370. 50
Deaths
All Causes11.510. 83
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever0.00-
Whooping Cough0.00-
Diphtheria0.00-
Tuberculosis0.110.10
Smallpox--
Acute Poliomyelitis & Polio-Encephalitis0.01-
Pneumonia0.520. 70
Influenza0.150.14
flat es per 1, 000 Live Births
All Causes under 1 year of age23. 123.3
Rates per 1,000 Home Population
Notifications (Corrected)
Typhoid Fever0.000.00
Paratyphoid Fever0.00-
Meningococcal Infection0.020.02
Scarlet Fever0.650. 68
Whooping Cough1.891.15
Diphtheria0. 00-
Erysipelas0. 070.04
Smallpox--
Measles14.113.1
Pneumonia0. 720.96
Acute Poliomyelitis
Paralytic0.070. 06
Non-Paralytic0.030.01
Pood Poisoning0.200. 26
Puerperal Pyrexia15.99 (a)25.01 (a)
(a) Per 1,000 Total (Live & Still) Births