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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 1916

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1916

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Table: TABLE G. Shewing Classification of Certain Causes of Deaths (uncorrected) in the Borough of Lambeth during 1915 and 1916, given in percentages of the total uncorrected deaths. A.—Deaths at all Ages.

TABLE G. Shewing Classification of Certain Causes of Deaths (uncorrected) in the Borough of Lambeth during 1915 and 1916, given in percentages of the total uncorrected deaths. A.—Deaths at all Ages.

Causes of Deaths.Percentage of total Deaths (uncorrected).
1915.1916.
I. Principal Zymotics8.46.2
Influenza1.60.9
Measles1.21.9
Whooping Cough0.91.0
Diarrhæa and Dysentery (including Cholera)3.22.4
II. Rheumatic Fever and Heart Rheumatism0.30.3
III. Diseases of Circulatory System11. 911.0
IV. Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy19.214.4
Phthisis7.99.4
V. Injuries6.210.0
B—Deaths under 1 Year of Age {per 1000 Births uncorrected).
All Causes108.097.4