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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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infantile mortality
The number of infants who died in the first year of life was 120. This was
21 fewer than in 1963, giving an infantile mortality rate of 21.41 per 1,000 live
births compared with 25.27 last year.
Seventy Five of the deaths occurred in children under the age of 4 weeks
giving a neo-natal mortality rate of 13-38, an improvement on last year.
The early neo-natal mortality rate was 11.59 also an improvement on the
figure for 1963.
The causes of death fell into the under-mentioned categories.
| Cause of Death | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | 1 | - | 1 |
| lnfluenza | - | 1 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| Bronchitis | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Other diseases of Respiratory System | 1 | - | 1 |
| Gastritis, Enteritis, Diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Congenital Malformations | 14 | 10 | 24 |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 41 | 17 | 58 |
| Accidents | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Homicide | 1 | - | 1 |
| 80 | 40 | 120 |
MAternal mortality rate
As in 1963, three women died as a result of childbirth giving a maternal
mortality rate of 0.52 per 1,000 total births.
DEATHS from cancer of the lung and bronchus
It is pleasing to note that the number of deaths from this cause fell during
1964.
One hundred and fifty deaths, 120 males and 30 females, occurred compared
with 174 last year..