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Lambeth 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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In London there were registered, during 1907, 1543 deaths
from Diarrhoea, giving an uncorrected rate of 3.2 per 10000
living, and one of 2*1 per cent, of total deaths (uncorrected).
The details as to the Diarrhoea incidence (mortality) during
1907 upon the different New Registration Sub.Districts of
Lambeth Borough are as follow
Age mortalities from Diarrhoea were as follow :-
| Age. | Total Deaths. | Percentage of Total Deaths from Diarrhoea. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | ||
| Under 1 year | 32 | 26 | 58 | 81.7 |
| 1 to 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9.8 |
| 5 to 20 | - | - | - | - |
| 20 to 40 | 1 | - | 1 | 1.4 |
| 40 to 60 | - | 2 | 2 | 2.8 |
| Over 60 | 3 | 3 | 4.2 | |
| Total | 37 | 34 | 71 | 100.0 |