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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Birth Rate per 1,000 Home Population
County of London 18.9
Birth Rate per 1,000 Home Population
England and Wales 17.4
Corresponding Rate for the Borough of Lambeth
for the year 1960 19.55
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total
live births 15.6%
STILL BIRTHS
Legitimate
Illegitimate
Totals
Males
42
11
53
Females
46
7
53
Totals
88
18
106
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 Total Births
(i.e. live and still) 21.4
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 Home Population 0.48
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 Total Births
England and Wales 19.1
DEATHS
Males Females Total
1356 1229 2585
Death Rate per 1,000 Home Population 11.65
Death Rate corrected for comparison with
other areas 11.65
Comparability Factor supplied by Registrar General 1.00
Death Rate per 1,000 Home Population
England and Wales 12.00
Corresponding Rate for the Borough of Lambeth for the
year 1960 10.86