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Lambeth 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table: Local Government Board New Tables.Table iii.CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH (CORRECTED) DURING THE YEAR 1913.BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.

Local Government Board New Tables.Table iii.

CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH (CORRECTED) DURING THE YEAR 1913.

BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.

CAUSES OF DEATH.NETT DEATHS AT THE SUBJOINED AGES OF "RESIDENTS " WHETHER OCCURRING WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE DISTRICT(a).TOTAL DEATHS WHETHER OF "RESIDENTS" OR "NONRESIDENTS" IN INSTITUTIONS IN THE DISTRICT(b).
All ages.Under 1 year1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 and upwards
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All causesCertified (c)4280401770514515111513180185111182015
Uncertified2632815102013516759
Typhus Fever..............................
Enteric Fever7.........1141...18
Continued Fever..............................
Small-pox..............................
Measles982343284............30
Scarlet Fever14...2831.........14
Whooping Cough47211682............2
Diphtheria and Croup (See note (d))3747169.........142
Influenza672...133719322
Erysipelas8...............1439
Cerebro-Spinal Fever3l1...1............6
Polio-myelitis acuta..............................
Venereal Diseases24102.........273...
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)37011275218310321137
Tuberculous Meningitis (See note (e))49121116712.........
Other Tuberculous Diseases669661071863...
Rheumatic Fever11.........3143...7
Cancer, malignant disease (See note (f))369.........1242165159...
Bronchitis37348125212064221244
Broncho-Pneumonia1657635142...121016
Pneumonia (all other forms)201207658395462
Other diseases of Respiratory organs675142372025...
Diseases of Circulatory System5553...1121460166299217
Diseases of Nervous System33330699639100134...
Diarrhœa and Enteritis(See note(g))19014128102...432111
Appendicitis and Typhlitis24.........8454344
Alcoholism(See note (h))24...............9132...
Cirrhosis of Liver45...............7308...
Nephritis and Bright's Diseases1653...2...4297453...
Puerperal Fever (See note (i))10............19......14
Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition10............19.........
Congenital Debility and Malformation, in cluding Premature Birth (See note(j))1651583111............
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide1441869161122253788
Suicides37...............14212
Other Defined Diseases50365128101242942611030
Diseases ill-defined or unknown9983621124......
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Notes ro Table iii.
(a) All "Transferable Deaths" of residents, i.e., of persons resident in the
District who have died outside it, are included with the other
deaths in columns 2-10. Transferable deaths of non-residents, i.e..
of persons resident elsewhere in England and Wales who have died
in the District, are in like manner excluded from these columns. For
the precise meaning of the term "transferable deaths" see footnote to
Table I.
The total deaths in column 2 of Table III. equal the figures for the
year in column 12 of Table 1.
(b) All deaths occurring in institutions for the sick and infirm situated
within the district, whether of residents or non-residents, are entered
in the last column of Table III.
(c) All deaths certified by registered Medical Practitioners and all
Inquest cases are classed as "Certified": all other deaths are to
be regarded as "Uncertified."
(d) This heading includes all deaths from croup except those certified
as due to 'spasmodic.' 'stridulous,' 'catarrhal,' or 'false' croup.
(e) Under "Tuberculous Meningitis" are included deaths from Acute
Hydrocephalus.
(f) Under "Cancer" are included deaths under such headings as
Carcinoma. Scirrhus, Epithelioma, Rodent ulcer. Sarcoma, Cancer,
and Malignant Disease.
(g) Under this heading are included deaths registered as due to Epidemic
diarrhoea. Epidemic enteritis. Infective enteritis. Zymotic enteritis,
Summer diarrhoea. Choleraic diarrhoea. Cholera (other than Asiatic),
Gastro-enteritis, Gastro-intestinal catarrh. Muco-enteritis. Colitis, etc
Deaths from Diarrhoea secondary to some other well-defined disease
are included under the latter.
For "Dysentery" see note at foot of Table III.
(h) Under this heading are included deaths from Delirium tremens, acuta
and chronic alcoholism, etc.. but not those certified as due to
organic disease attributed to alcoholism. The number of the latter
rnay with advantage be stated separately, though this statement
cannot be included in Table III.
(!) Under "Puerperal Fever" are included deaths under such headings
as Pyaemia. Septicaemia. Sapraemia, Pelvic peritonitis. Peri- and
Endo-metritis occuring in the Puerperium.
(j) Under this heading are included also deaths from Atrophy and
Marasmus of Infants, and want of Breast-milk, but not from
Atelectasis.