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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 1966

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

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Table: INFANTILE MORTALITY

INFANTILE MORTALITY

LegitimateIllegitimateTotals
Males711485
Females511768
12231153

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Date rate of infants under one year of age per 1,000
live births 20.8
Death rate of infants under one year of age per 1,000
live births England and Wales 19.0
Legitimate Infantile Mortality rate 19.7
Illegitimate Infantile Mortality rate 26.4

Table: Deaths of infants under four weeks of age

Deaths of infants under four weeks of age

LegitimateIllegitimateTotals
Males461056
Females311243
772299

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Neo-natal Mortality Kate
(Deaths under four weeks per 1,000 live births) 13.4
Neo-natal Mortality Rate England and Wales 12.9

Table: Deaths of infants under one week of age

Deaths of infants under one week of age

LegitimateIllegitimateTotals
Males391049
Females231235
622284

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Early Neo-natal mortality rate
(Deaths under one week per 1,000 live births) 11.4
Perinatal Mortality rate
(Still births and deaths under one week combined
per 1,000 total live and still births) 26.3