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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 1915

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1915

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Table: TABLE E. Shewing the number of Deaths (corrected) from the 7 principal zymotic diseases in the Borough of Lambeth during 1915 and during the four previous years 1911-14, together with the yearly averages during the two decennia 1891-1900 (Parish) and 1901-1910 (Borough).

TABLE E. Shewing the number of Deaths (corrected) from the 7 principal zymotic diseases in the Borough of Lambeth during 1915 and during the four previous years 1911-14, together with the yearly averages during the two decennia 1891-1900 (Parish) and 1901-1910 (Borough).

Disease.1911.1912.1913.1914.Total (corrected) Deaths in 1915.Annual average of ten years 1901-1910 (Borough).Annual average of ten years 1891-1900 (Parish).
Smallpox-----6.81.1
Scarlet Fever8914161731.448.8
Diphtheria422936504541.6124.5
Membranous Croup1-1--1.56.8
Fever.Typhus-----0.00.3
Typhoid or Enteric1213715916.734.7
Continued and Relapsing-1---0.71.7
Diarrhæa32382166196124172.9196.5
Cholera21---1.38.8
Measles11397985891110.4145.6
Whooping Cough685547404991.8143.7
Borough of Lambeth569287369375335475.1706.1