Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 1913 and 1914, given in percentages of the total uncorrected deaths.
Causes of Deaths. | Percentage of total Deaths (uncorrected). | |
---|---|---|
1914. | 1913. | |
I. Principal Zymotics | 9.6 | 8.6 |
Influenza | 0.7 | 1.3 |
Measles | 1.6 | 2.1 |
Whooping Cough | 0.9 | 0.8 |
diarrhœa and Dysentery (including Cholera) | 4.6 | 3.9 |
II. Rheumatic Fever and Heart Rheumatism | 0.3 | 0.3 |
III. Diseases of Circulatory System | 12.7 | 10.9 |
IV. Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy | 15.9 | 16.2 |
Phthisis | 7.8 | 7.1 |
V. Injuries | 4. | 4.2 |
B—Deaths under 1 Year of Age (per 1000 Births uncorrected). | ||
All Causes | 105.4 | 99.6 |