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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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(C.) SUMMARY OF CORRECTED DEATHS.
| No. of Deaths. | Total. | No. of Deaths. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||
| I.—Specific Febrile or ZymoticDiseases. | Brought forward | 2064 | 2052 | 4116 | |||
| 1. Miasmatic Diseases | 171 | 158 | 329 | VI.—Local Diseases—continued. | |||
| 2. Diarrhceal „ | 65 | 59 | 124 | ||||
| 3. Malarial „ | — | — | — | 6. Diseases of Lymphatic System... | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 4. Zoogenous „ | — | — | — | 7. Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 Venereal „ | 13 | 8 | 21 | ||||
| 6. Septic „ | 11 | 25 | 36 | 8. Diseases of Urinary System | 121 | 77 | 198 |
| II.—Parasitic Diseases | — | 1 | 1 | 9. Diseases of Reproductive System (a) Diseases of Organs of Generation | — | 6 | 6 |
| III.—Dietetic Diseases | 7 | 14 | 21 | _ | 11 | 11 | |
| 10. Diseases of Bones and Joints | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| IV.—Constitutional Diseases | 512 | 456 | 968 | 11. Diseases of Integumentary System | 14 | 9 | 23 |
| V.—Developmental Diseases | 157 | 219 | 376 | VII.—Violence. | |||
| VI.—Local Diseases. | 1. Accident or Negligence | 98 | 58 | 156 | |||
| 1. Diseases of Nervous System | 169 | 174 | 343 | 2. Homicide | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3. Suicide | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 4. Execution | — | — | — | ||||
| 3. Diseases of Circulatory System | 303 | 332 | 635 | 5. Air raid | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4. Diseases of Respiratory System | 537 | 499 | 1036 | ||||
| 5. Diseases of Digestive System | 114 | 103 | 217 | VIII.—Ill-defined and not Specified Causes | 62 | 38 | 100 |
| Carried forward | 2064 | 2052 | 4116 | Total | 2381 | 2272 | 4653 |