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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 1903
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1903
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TABLE T.
Shewing Classification of Causes of deaths in the Borough of
Lambeth during 1902 and 1903.
A.—Total Deaths from all causes and at all ages with percentages of deaths to total deaths (corrected).
| Class of Disease. | Borough 1902. | Borough 1903. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Deaths (corrected). | Percentage of Total Deaths. | No. of Deaths (corrected). | Percentage of Total Deaths. | |
| I.—Zymotic Diseases | 704 | 13.1 | 625 | 13.4 |
| Seven Principal | 561 | 10.4 | 498 | 10.7 |
| Influenza | 78 | 1.4 | 52 | 11.1 |
| II.—Parasitic | 4 | 0.08 | 12 | 0.3 |
| III.—Dietetic | 25 | 0.5 | 41 | 0.9 |
| IV.—Constitutional | 1137 | 21.1 | 1041 | 22.3 |
| Cancer | 329 | 6.1 | 307 | 6.6 |
| Phthisis | 521 | 9.7 | 435 | 9.3 |
| Tubercular Diseases, excluding Phthisis | 180 | 3.3 | 204 | 4.4 |
| Rheumatism (Acute and Chronic) and Gout | 38 | 0.7 | 41 | 0.9 |
| V.—Developmental | 342 | 6.4 | 297 | 6.4 |
| Old Age | 126 | 2.3 | 100 | 2.1 |
| VI.—Local Diseases | 2762 | 51.3 | 2299 | 49.3 |
| Circulatory System | 551 | 10.2 | 584 | 12.5 |
| Bronchitis | 529 | 9.8 | 370 | 7.9 |
| Pneumonia and Broncho-Pneumonia | 502 | 9.3 | 252 | 5.4 |
| Pleurisy and Pleuro-Pneumonia | 42 | 0.8 | 42 | 0.9 |
| Respiratory System, excluding Phthisis | 1139 | 21.1 | 727 | 15.6 |
| VII.—Violence | 201 | 3.7 | 174 | 3.7 |
| Suicide | 33 | 0.6 | 36 | 0.8 |
| VIII.—Other Causes | 212 | 3.9 | 175 | 3.8 |