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Lambeth 1902

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1902

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Table: TABLE P. TABLE P. Shewing the number of Deaths from the 7 principal zymotic diseases in the old Parish of Lambeth and in London, in the ten years 1891-1900 and in the new Borough of Lambeth and in London during 1902.

TABLE P. TABLE P. Shewing the number of Deaths from the 7 principal zymotic diseases in the old Parish of Lambeth and in London, in the ten years 1891-1900 and in the new Borough of Lambeth and in London during 1902.

Disease.1891189218931894189518961897189818991900Annual Average of ten years 1891—1900.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 total Deaths in 10 years.Total Deaths in 1902.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 total Deaths 1902.
Smallpox015122————1.10.26011.1
Diphtheria (and Membranous Croup)78127172138103140145115159103127.623.6539.8
Scarlet Fever4676696453634230252053.69.9488.9
Fever'Typhus101001————0.40.07——
Typhoid or Enteric28223646261 242635505432.86.1387.1
Simple Continued724021———12.20.410.2
Measles12818711318215118513913316969144.426.78415.6
Whoohing Cough23913515111013214014415913097144.426.711821.9
Diarrhœa165155197139263152238254249153188.434.815929.5
Borough of Lambeth692705748680732708734726782497694.9128.6561104.1
County of London967511983132231154411467140091152512482111471013611575.3130.810393129.7