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Lambeth 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Local Government Board.
Table IV.
CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH (CORRECTED) DURING THE YEAR 1907. Name of District—BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.
| CAUSES OF DEATH | DEATHS IN OR BELONGING TO WHOLE DISTRICT AT SUBJOINED AGES. | DEATHS IN OR BELONGING TO REGISTRATION SUB-DISTRICT (AT ALL AGES). | TOTAL DEATHS IS BULIC INSTITUTION IN DISTRICT (UNCORRECTED.). | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Waterloo. | Lambeth Church. | Kennington. | Stockwell. | Brixton. | Norwood. | District not stated. | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | 107 | 26 | 78 | 3 | - | - | - | 19 | 19 | 33 | 15 | 12 | 9 | - | 9 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 38 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | - | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 2 | - | 43 | |
| Whooping Cough | 111 | 45 | 62 | 4 | - | - | - | 20 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 27 | 20 | - | 10 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 47 | 3 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 4 | - | 69 | |
| Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Fever | Typhus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric | 5 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 8 | |
| Other Continued | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 39 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 6 | - | 2 | |
| Cholera Nostras | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Diarrhœa. | 71 | 58 | 7 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 11 | - | 31 | |
| Enteritis . | 94 | 51 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 1 | - | |
| Puerperal fever | 9 | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 5 | |
| Erysipelas | 15 | 5 | - | - | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | 12 | |
| Other Septic diseases | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | |
| Phthisis | 465 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 53 | 353 | 29 | 58 | 63 | 118 | 82 | 92 | 52 | - | 193 | |
| Other Tubercular diseases | 148 | 46 | 45 | 21 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 35 | 28 | 33 | 14 | - | - | |
| Cancer, malignantdisease | 326 | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 204 | 115 | 27 | 33 | 42 | 63 | 84 | 62 | 15 | - | |
| Bronchitis | 480 | 78 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 105 | 260 | 56 | 55 | 82 | 104 | 97 | 72 | 14 | 233 | |
| Pneumonia | 142 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 38 | 17 | 16 | 29 | 20 | 28 | 25 | 7 | ||
| Pleurisy | 17 | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | ||
| Other diseases of Respiratory Organs | 293 | 97 | 87 | 10 | 4 | 59 | 36 | 32 | 39 | 64 | 56 | 53 | 42 | 7 | - | |
| Alcoholism | 27 | - | - | - | - | 21 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 39 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 27 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | - | - | |
| Venereal diseases | 44 | 34 | 1 | - | - | 7 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| Premature birth | 163 | 163 | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 24 | 28 | 26 | 38 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| Diseases and Accidents of parturition | 18 | - | - | - | 2 | 16 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | - | - | |
| Heart diseases | 517 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 206 | 273 | 58 | 53 | 95 | 73 | 118 | 97 | 23 | 222 | |
| Accidents | 153 | 30 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 60 | 20 | 32 | 22 | 13 | 27 | 39 | 11 | 9 | 88 | |
| Suicides | 32 | - | - | - | 2 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| All other causes | 1244 | 274 | 75 | 32 | 40 | 425 | 398 | 116 | 119 | 212 | 243 | 282 | 221 | 51 | 998 | |
| All causes | 4652 | 941 | 517 | 149 j | 167 | 1655 | 1223 | 530 | 552 | 862 | 851 | 1013 | 713 | 131 | 1923 | |