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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
Lewisham 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Summary of Vital Statistics for the year 1926.
Number of Births:—
Legitimate 2,798
Total 2,885
Illegitimate 87
Birth-rate 15.36
Number of Deaths 1,890
Death-rate 10.0
Maternal Mortality:—Number of From Sepsis Nil.
women dying in, or in Total 6
consequence of child-birth ,, other causes 6
Deaths of Infants under One year of age: —
Legitimate 105 Illegitimate 11 Total 116
Infantile Mortality Rate, per 1000 births: —
Legitimate 37 Illegitimate 126 Total 40
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 15
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 6
,, ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 11
Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 135. Death-rate, 0.71.