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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Birth Rate per 1,000 Home Population
County of London 19.8
Birth Rate per 1,000 Home Population
England and Wales 18.0
Corresponding Rate for the Borough of Lambeth
for the year 1961 19.87
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total
live births 17.3%
STILL BIRTHS
Legitimate
Illegitimate
Totals
Males
39
13
52
Females
37
12
49
Totals
76
25
101
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 Total Births
(i.e. live and still) 18.6
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 Home Population 0.45
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 Total Births
18.1
England and Wales
DEATHS
Males Females Total
1298 1181 2479
Death Rate per 1,000 Home Population 11.l
Death Rate corrected for comparison with
other areas 11.1
Comparability Factor supplied by Registrar General 1.00
Death Rate per 1,000 Home Population
England and Wales 11.9
Corresponding Rate for the Borough of Lambeth for the
year 1961 11.65