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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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STILL BIRTHS
Legitimate
Illegitimate
Totals
Males
47
7
54
Females
34
5
39
Totals
81
12
93
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 Total Births (i.e. Live
and Still) 20.5
Still Birth Rate per 1.000 Home Population 0.41
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 Total Births, England
and Wales 21.6
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 Home Populations
England and Wales 0.36
DEATHS
Male
Pemal e
Total
1304
1225
2529
Death Rate per 1,000 Home Population 11.31
Death Rate corrected for comparison with other areas 11.35
Comparability factor supplied by Registrar General 1.03
Death Rate per 1,000 Home Population County of
London 11.9
Death Rate per 1,000 Home Population, England and
Wales 11.7
Corresponding Rate for the Borough of Lambeth
for the year 1957 10.83
MATERNAL MORTALITY
Number of women dying in consequence of childbirth 1
Maternal Mortality Rate per 1,000 Total Births 0.22