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Lambeth 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLL T. Shewing Classification of Causes of deaths (corrected) in the Borough of Lambeth during 1906 and 1907. A.—Total Deaths from all causes and at all ages with percentages of deaths to total deaths (corrected).
| Borough 1906. | Borough 1907. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class of Disease. | No. of Deaths corrected). | Percentage of Total Deaths. | No. of Deaths (corrected). | Percentage of Total Deaths (corrected). |
| I.—Zymotic Diseases | 641 | 13.6 | 502 | 10.8 |
| Seven Principal | 522 | 11.1 | 379 | 8.1 |
| Influenza | 42 | 0.9 | 39 | 0.8 |
| II.—Parasitic | 1 | 0.02 | 3 | 0.06 |
| III.—Dietetic | 45 | 0.9 | 36 | 0.8 |
| IV.—Constitutional | 983 | 20.9 | 1043 | 22.4 |
| Cancer | 297 | 6.3 | 326 | 7.01 |
| Phthisis | 411 | 8.7 | 465 | 9.9 |
| Tubercular Diseases, excluding Phthisis | 151 | 3.2 | 148 | 3.2 |
| Rheumatism (Acute and Chronic) and Gout | 42 | 0.9 | 45 | 0.9 |
| V.—Developmental | 320 | 6.8 | 313 | 6.7 |
| Old Age | 119 | 2.5 | 116 | 2.5 |
| VI.—Local Diseases | 2404 | 51.1 | 2417 | 51.9 |
| Circulatory System | 546 | 11.6 | 517 | 11.1 |
| Bronchitis | 402 | 8.5 | 480 | 10.3 |
| Pneumonia and BronchoPneumonia | 305 | 6.5 | 338 | 7.3 |
| Pleurisy and Pleuro-Pneumonia | 55 | 1.2 | 48 | 1.03 |
| Respiratory System, excluding Phthisis | 837 | 17.7 | 932 | 20.03 |
| VII.—Violence | 164 | 3.5 | 190 | 4.1 |
| Suicide | 34 | 0.7 | 32 | 0.7 |
| VIII.—Other Causes | 151 | 3.2 | 148 | 3.2 |