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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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B.—Deaths (corrected) of Infants under One Year of age from the chief infantile diseases, and from all causes, expressed in terms of 1000 births (corrected).
| Borough 1910. | Borough 1909. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Deaths under One Year (Corrected). | Proportion to 1000 Births (Corrected).* | Total Deaths under One Year (Corrected). | Proportion to l000 Births (Corrected).* | |
| From all causes | 691 | 94.1 | 830 | 109.5 |
| Diarrhœa | 75 | 10.2 | 99 | 13.1 |
| Convulsions | 23 | 3.1 | 29 | 3.7 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 162 | 22.1 | 152 | 20.1 |
| Premature Births | 122 | 16. 5 | 131 | 17.3 |
| Tubercular Diseases (including Phthisis) | 33 | 4. 5 | 41 | 5.4 |
| Measles | 24 | 3.3 | 21 | 2.8 |
| Whooping Cough | 20 | 2.7 | 44 | 5.8 |
| Suffocation in Bed | 5 | 0.7 | 6 | 0.8 |
| Enteritis | 12 | 1.6 | 13 | 1.7 |
| Dentition | 9 | 1.2 | 13 | 1.7 |
*N.B.—The Registrar-General gives the corrected Lambeth births for 1909 and 1910 as 7578 and 7344
respectively.