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Lambeth 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE U.
Shewing Classification of Certain Causes of Deaths (uncorrected) in the Borough of Lambeth, during 1912 and 1913, given in percentages of the total uncorrecteed deaths.
A.—Deaths at all Ages.
| Lambeth. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of total Deaths (uncorrected) | ||
| 1912. | 1913. | |
| I. Principal Zymotics | 8.2 | 8.6 |
| Influenza | 0.9 | 1.3 |
| Measles | 2. I | 2.1 |
| Whooping Cough | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| Diarrhoea and Dysentery (including Cholera) | 2 .03 | 3.9 |
| II. Rheumatic Fever and Heart Rheumatism | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| III. Diseases of Circulatory System | 10.4 | 10.9 |
| IV. Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy | 16.9 | 16.2 |
| Phthisis | 8 6 | 7.1 |
| V. Injuries ... | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| B—Deaths under i Year of Age (per iooc uncorrected). | Births | |
| All Causes | 87.5 | 99.6 |