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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 1883

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]

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The total number of deaths of children under one year of age
registered for the twelve months is 1232, the deaths of 38 of these
were certified by inquest.
The total number of deaths between the ages of one and five
years was 916.
The total number of deaths between the ages of five and sixty
was 2015.
The total number of deaths at sixty years and above was 1210.

Table: TABLE VIII.

TABLE VIII.

Lambeth19.0
London20.4
Brighton19.2
Portsmouth18.6
Norwich19.6
Plymouth20.9
Bristol17.9
Wolverhampton21.3
Birmingham21.3
Leicester19.4
Nottingham21.3
Derby18.1
Birkenhead19.9
Liverpool26.7
Manchester27.6
Blackburn24.5
Preston25.5
Bradford18.3
Leeds23.3
Paris25.5
St. Petersburg32.6
Berlin29.0
Geneva23.2
Calcutta28.1
Madras39.4
New York27.4