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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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Death Rate per 1,000 Home Population
County of London 12.00
maternal mortality
Number of Women dying in consequence of childbirth 5
Maternal Mortality Rate per 1,000 Total Births 0.92
Maternal Mortality Rate per 1,000 Total Births
County of London 0.67
Maternal Mortality Rate per 1,000 Total Births
England and Wales 0.35

Table: INFANTILE MORTALITY Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age

INFANTILE MORTALITY

Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age

LegitimateIllegitimateTotals
Males421052
Females391150
Totals8121102

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Death Rate of Infants under 1 year of age per
1,000 live births 19.15
Death Rate of Infants under 1 year of age
per 1,000 live births County of London 20.8
Death Rate of Infants under 1 year of age per
1,000 live births, England and Wales 21.4
Legitimate Infantile Mortality rate 18.4
Illegitimate Infantile Mortality rate 22.8

Table: Deaths of Infants under 4 weeks of age

Deaths of Infants under 4 weeks of age

LegitimateIllegitimateTotals
Males29736
Females28735
Totals571471