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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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(C.) SUMMARY OF CORRECTED DEATHS.
| No. of Deaths. | Total. | No. of Deaths. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||
| I.—Specific Febrile or Zymotie Diseases. | Brought forward | 1542 | 1534 | 3076 | |||
| 1. Miasmatic Diseases | 62 | 83 | 145 | ||||
| 2. Diarrhceal „ | 23 | 23 | 46 | VI.—Local Diseases—continued. | |||
| 3. Malarial „ | — | — | — | 6. Diseases of Lymphatic System | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 4. Zoogenous „ | — | — | — | 7. Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5. Venereal , | 10 | 5 | 15 | ||||
| 6. Septic „ | 8 | 12 | 20 | 8. Diseases of Urinary System | 93 | 58 | 151 |
| II.—Parasitic Diseases | — | — | — | 9. Diseases of Reproductive System | |||
| (a) Diseases of Organs of Gene ration | — | 3 | 3 | ||||
| III.—Dietetic Diseases 0 | — | 3 | 3 | (b) Diseases of Parturition | — | 5 | 5 |
| 10. Diseases of Bones and Joints ... | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| IV.—Constitutional Diseases | 415 | 403 | 818 | 11. Diseases of Integumentary System | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| V.—Developmental Diseases | 133 | 160 | 293 | VII.—Violence. | |||
| VI.—Local Diseases. | 1. Accident or Negligence | 77 | 50 | 127 | |||
| 1. Diseases of Nervous System | 158 | 158 | 316 | 2. Homicide | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | 10 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 13 | 40 | |
| 1 | — | 1 | |||||
| 3. Diseases of Circulatory System | 272 | 285 | 557 | 5. Battle | — | — | — |
| 4. Diseases of Respiratory System | 352 | 304 | 656 | VIII.—III-deOned and not Specified Causes | 25 | 17 | 42 |
| 5. Diseases of Digestive System | 99 | 92 | 191 | ||||
| 1542 | 1534 | 3076 | |||||
| Carried forward | Total | 1782 | 1700 | 3482 | |||