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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 F.
Shewing Classification of Causes of Deaths (corrected) in the
Borough of Lambeth during 1914 and 1915.

Table: A.—Total Deaths from all causes and at all ages with percentages of such deaths to total deaths (corrected).

A.—Total Deaths from all causes and at all ages with percentages of such deaths to total deaths (corrected).

Class of Disease.Borough 1914.Borough 1915.
No. of Deaths (corrected).Percentage of Total Deaths (corrected).No. of Deaths (corrected).Percentage of Total Deaths (corrected).
1.—Zymotic Diseases47311.151010.9
Seven Principal3758.83357.2
Influenza330.8851.8
II.—Parasitic--10.02
III.—Dietetic250.6210.5
IV.—Constitutional95922.296820.8
Cancer3919.23607.8
Phthisis3869.044138.9
Tubercular Diseases,excluding Phthisis1092.61052.3
Rheumatism (Acute and Chronic) and Gout220.5240.5
V.—Developmental3788.93768.1
Old Age1964.62084.5
VI.—Local Diseases217150.9249653.6
Circulatory System61114.363513.6
Bronchitis3628.553111.4
Pneumonia and Broncho-Pneumonia2746.43307.1
Pleurisy and Pleuropneumonia771.81132.4
Respiratory System,excluding Phthisis76317.9103622.3
VII.—Violence1673.91813.9
Suicide250.6190.4
VIII.—Other Causes962.21012.2