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Lambeth 1916
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1916
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Table III. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH (CORRECTED) DURING THE YEAR 1916. BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.
| Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined Ages of " Residents " whether occurring within or without the District (a). | Total Deaths whether of " Residents " or " Nonresidents " in Institutions in the District (b). | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1 year | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and upwards. | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
| All causes | Certified (c) | 4212 | 3885 | 524 | 135 | 119 | 123 | 122 | 501 | 988 | 1373 | 3078 |
| Uncertified | 327 | 41 | 16 | 19 | 26 | 39 | 31 | 71 | 84 | |||
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 9 | ||
| Continued Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Measles | 49 | 6 | 24 | 13 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 32 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 13 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 45 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 23 | ||
| Diphtheria and Croup (See note (d)) | 41 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 15 | – | – | – | – | 64 | ||
| Influenza | 56 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 5 | ||
| Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 5 | ||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 18 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | – | 3 | 1 | 33 | ||
| Polio-myelitis acuta | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Venereal Diseases | 34 | 20 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | – | ||
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 387 | 1 | – | 1 | 13 | 64 | 177 | 115 | 16 | 315 | ||
| Tuberculous Meningitis (See note (e)) | 46 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | ||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 55 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Rheumatic Fever | 14 | – | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | – | 2 | 8 | ||
| Cancer, malignant disease (See note (f)) | 370 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | 38 | 178 | 148 | – | ||
| Bronchitis | 376 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 86 | 232 | 280 | ||
| Broncho-Pneumonia | 134 | 48 | 21 | 16 | 6 | – | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||
| Pneumonia (all other forms) | 189 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 63 | 53 | |||
| Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 67 | 5 | 7 | 2 | – | 2 | 12 | 15 | 24 | – | ||
| Diseases of Circulatory System | 605 | – | 1 | – | 15 | 23 | 63 | 189 | 314 | 234 | ||
| Diseases of Nervous System | 381 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 39 | 116 | 167 | – | ||
| Diarrhœa (See note (g)) | 105 | 83 | 12 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 96 | ||
| Enteritis | 19 | 11 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | – | ||
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 16 | – | – | – | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | – | 52 | ||
| Alcoholism (See note (h)) | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 7 | 1 | – | ||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 32 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 4 | 22 | 6 | – | ||
| Nephritis and Bright's Diseases | 173 | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 72 | 71 | – | ||
| Puerperal Fever (See note (i)) | 9 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 8 | – | – | 16 | ||
| Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 10 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 8 | – | – | – | ||
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth (See note (i)) | 203 | 193 | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 149 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 26 | 36 | 41 | 462 | ||
| Suicides | 24 | 11 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | |||
| Other Defined Diseases | 565 | 75 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 39 | 81 | 312 | 1431 | ||
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
Notes to Table iii.
(a) All " Transferable Deaths " of residents, i.e., of persons resident in the
District who have died outside it, are included with the other deaths
in columns 2-10. Transferable deaths of non-residents, i.e., a
persons resident elsewhere in England and Wales who have died
in the District, are in like manner excluded from these columns. For
the precise meaning of the term " transferable deaths " see footnote
to Table.
The total deaths in column 2 of Table III. equal the figures for the
year in column 12 of Table I.
(b) All deaths occurring in institutions for the sick and infirm situated
within the district, whether of residents or non-residents, are entered
in the last column of Table III.
(c) All deaths certified by registered Medical Practitioners and all Inqufst
cases are classed as " Certified " ; all other deaths are to be regarded
(d) This heading includes all deaths from croup except those certified
as due to " spasmodic," " stridulous," " catarrhal," or " false
croup.
(e) Under "Tuberculous Meningitis" are included deaths from Acute
Hydrocephalus.
(f) Under " Cancer " are included deaths under such headings as Carcinoma,
Scirrhus, Epithelioma, Rodent ulcer, Sarcoma, Cancer, and Malignant
Disease.
(g) Under this heading are included deaths registered as due to Epidemic
diarrhoea, Epidemic enteritis, Infective enteritis, Zymotic enteritis,
Summer diarrhoea, Choleraic diarrhoea. Cholera (other than Asiatic),
Gastro-enteritis, Gastro-intestinal catarrh, Muco-enteritis, Colitis,
etc. Deaths from Diarrhoea secondary to some other well-denned
disease arc included under the latter.
For " Dysentery " see note at foot of Table III.
(h) Under this heading are included deaths from Delirium tremens, acute
and chronic alcoholism, etc., but not those certified as due to organic
disease attributed to alcoholism. The number of the latter may
with advantage be stated separately, though this statement cannot
be included in Table III.
(i) Under " Puerperal Fever" are included deaths under such headings
as Pyaemia' Septicaemia, Sapraemia, Pelvic peritonitis, Pen- and
F.ndo-metritis occurring in the puerperium.
(i] Under this heading are included also deaths from Atrophy and Marasmus
of Infants, and want of Breast-milk, but not from Atelectasis.