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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 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]

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Table: Deaths of Infants under 4 weeks of age

Deaths of Infants under 4 weeks of age

LegitimateIllegitimateTotals
Males391352
Females16723
Totals552075

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Neo-natal Mortality Rate
(Deaths under four weeks per 1,000 live births) 13.38
Neo-natal Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births
County of London 14.9
Deaths of Infants under 1 week of age

Table: Legitimate Illegitimate Totals

Legitimate Illegitimate Totals

Males331346
Females13619
Totals461965

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Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate
(Deaths under one week per 1,000 live births) 11.59
Perinatal Mortality Rate
(Stillbirths and deaths under one week combined per 1,000
total live and still births) 26.02