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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE E.
Shewing Classification of Causes of Deaths (corrected) in the Borough of Lambeth during 1922 and 1923.
A.—Total Deaths from all causes and at all ages with percentages of such deaths to total deaths (corrected).
| Class of Disease. | Borough 1923. | Borough 1922. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Deaths (corrected). | Percentage of Total Deaths (corrected). | No. of Deaths (corrected). | Percentage of Total Deaths (corrected). | |
| I.—Zymotic Diseases | 226 | 6.5 | 451 | 10.8 |
| Seven Principal | 141 | 4.05 | 237 | 5.6 |
| Influenza | 40 | 1.1 | 156 | 3.7 |
| II.—Parasitic | — | — | — | — |
| III.—Dietetic | 3 | 0.09 | 7 | 0.16 |
| IV.—Constitutional | 818 | 2.3 | 925 | 22.1 |
| Cancer | 412 | 1.2 | 457 | 10.9 |
| Phthisis | 264 | 7.6 | 302 | 7.2 |
| Tubercular Diseases, excluding Phthisis | 65 | 1.9 | 69 | 1.6 |
| Rheumatism (Acute and Chronic) and Gout | 24 | 0.7 | 31 | 0.7 |
| V.—Developmental | 293 | 8.4 | 315 | 7.5 |
| Old Age | 153 | 4.4 | 168 | 4.01 |
| VI.—Local Diseases | 1931 | 55.4 | 2263 | 54.03 |
| Circulatory System | 557 | 15.9 | 522 | 12.5 |
| Bronchitis | 323 | 9.2 | 433 | 10.3 |
| Pneumonia and Broncho-Pneumonia | 209 | 6.0 | 416 | 9.9 |
| Pleurisy and Pleuropneumonia | 84 | 2.4 | 101 | 2.4 |
| Respiratory System.ex-cluding Phthisis | 656 | 18.9 | 1012 | 24.2 |
| VII.—Violence | 169 | 4.8 | 166 | 3.9 |
| Suicide | 40 | 1.1 | 37 | 0.9 |
| VIII.—III-defined and not Specified Causes | 42 | 1.1 | 61 | 1.4 |