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Lambeth 1905

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1905

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Table: Lambeth Borough.—Deaths Registered from all Causes during the Year 1905. Note. The deaths of Non-Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated in the District are excluded, and the Deaths of Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated beyond the limits of the District are included.

Lambeth Borough.—Deaths Registered from all Causes during the Year 1905. Note. The deaths of Non-Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated in the District are excluded, and the Deaths of Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated beyond the limits of the District are included.

AGES.AGES.Total.
Under 1 Year.1-5Under 5 Years.5-1010-1515-2020-2525 4040-6060-6565-8080 & overOver 5 Years.All Ages.
I. Specific Febrile, or Zymotic DiseasesM.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
12711894862212041713212...41151118534811247150292254546
II. Parasitic Diseases1.........1...........................1......1..................11213
III. Dietetic Diseases62......62........................36310...41.........720132235
IV. Constitutional Diseases2926393068561218810101624251157718113636366682613458413526469995
V. Developmental Diseases111883...11488...1...1.........1............2...222719484378157166323
VI. Local Diseases1901489474284222151791891023199010230125411092285353631379051002118912242113
VII. Deaths from Violence10189519236121223...1744197513736943511358171
VIII. Deaths from Ill-Defined and Not Specified Causes81595286611......... ..................12212...22...679268160
Totals55545924419779965651502131232854462412015464171591433954829520815851606238422624646
1-—Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases.
1.—Miasmatic Diseases.
SmallpoxVaccinated.......................................................................................
Unvaccinated.......................................................................................
No Statement.......................................................................................
Measles1544130563442................................................42663696
Whooping Cough12281225245311................................................11255479
Scarlet Fever......6106105611............11........................7811831
Typhus.......................................................................................
Simple Continued and Ill-defined Fever.......................................................................................
Enteric or Typhoid Fever..................1...............3...3...21..................919110
Diphtheria241191313641..........................................74201737
Membranous Croup.......................................................................................
Influenza212243............1......172632341013212272550
Other Miasmatic Diseases......1...1...............................................................1...1
2.—Diarrhœal diseases.
Cholera, Nostras11......11............................................................112
Cholera, Asiatic.......................................................................................
Diarrhœa, Dysentery796121910070..............................1.........31...14210472176
3.—Malarial Diseases.
Remittent or Relapsing Fever.......................................................................................
Ague.......................................................................................
4.—Zoogenous Diseases.
Cowpox and effects of Vaccination.......................................................................................
Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia, Glanders, Splenic Fever)....................................1.........1.....................2...2.2
5.—Venereal Diseases.
Syphilis1313......1313........................311.....................41171431
Gonorrhœa, Stricture of Urethra................................................2.........1.........3...3...3
6.—Septic Diseases.
Erysipelas33......33............1.........1...41...1......1...7210515
Pyæmia, Septicmia...3...1...4...........................11...1...............21257
Puerperal Fever.............................................6...........................6...66