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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 1919

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1919

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Table: TABLE E. Shewing Classification of Causes of Deaths (corrected) in the Borough of Lambeth during 1918 and 1919. A.—Total Deaths from all causes and at all ages with percentages of such deaths to total deaths (corrected).

TABLE E. Shewing Classification of Causes of Deaths (corrected) in the Borough of Lambeth during 1918 and 1919. A.—Total Deaths from all causes and at all ages with percentages of such deaths to total deaths (corrected).

Class of Disease.Borough 1918.Borough 1919.
No. of Deaths (corrected).Percentage of Total Deaths (corrected).No. of Deaths (corrected).Percentage of Total Deaths (corrected).
I.—Zymotic Diseases121024.455013.1
Seven Principal3346.71994.7
Influenza81916.52936.9
II.—Parasitic20.0410.02
III.—Dietetic20.0430.07
IV.—Constitutional101320.588821.2
Cancer3927.93809.1
Phthisis4018.13428.1
Tubercular Diseases,excluding Phthisis1372.8751.8
Rheumatism (Acute and Chronic) and Gout210.4160.4
V.—Developmental2645.33448.2
Old Age1693.41804.3
VI.—Local Diseases142728.8215951.5
Circulatory System57111.561114.6
Bronchitis3216.53789.02
Pneumonia and Broncho-Pneumonia3937.92766.6
Pleurisy and Pleuropneumonia1202.4831.9
Respiratory System,excluding Phthisis88317.878518.7
VII.—Violence1533.11824.3
Suicide250.5350.8
VIII.—III-defined and not Specified Causes541.1651.5