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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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| England & Wales | Borough of Lambeth | |
| Still Births | 21.6 | 20.5 |
| All Causes | 11.7 | 11.35 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever | 0.00 | _ |
| Whooping Cough | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | _ |
| Tuberculosis | 0.11 | 0.09 |
| Smallpox | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis and Polio-Encephalitis | 0.00 | - |
| Pneumonia | 0.55 | 0.66 |
| Influenza | 0.05 | 0.04 |
| All Causes under 1 year of age | 22.5 | 24.98 |
| Notifications (corrected) | Rates per 1,000 | Home Population |
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.00 | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.02 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.86 | 0.68 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.74 | 0.59 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Erysipelas | 0.07 | 0.05 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | - |
| Measles | 5.75 | 2.68 |
| Pneumonia | 0.49 | 0.50 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.20 | 0.23 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 14.26 (a) | 15.42(a) |
(a) Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births