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Lambeth 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE E.
Shewing Classification of Causes of Deaths (corrected) in the
Borough of Lambeth during 1916 and 1917.
A.—Total Deaths from all causes and at all ages with percentages of such deaths to total deaths (corrected).
| Class of Disease. | Borough 1916. | Borough 1917. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Deaths (corrected). | Percentage of Total Deaths (corrected). | No. of Deaths (corrected) . | Percentage of Total Deaths (corrected). | |
| I.—Zymotic Diseases | 379 | 8.9 | 419 | 10.05 |
| Seven Principal | 248 | 5-9 | 295 | 7. 1 |
| Influenza | 56 | 1-3 | 56 | 1.3 |
| II.—Parasitic | 1 | 0 02 | 2 | 0 .05 |
| III.—Dietetic ...... | 12 | 0-3 | 5 | 0.1 |
| IV.—Constitutional | 946 | 22-4 | 996 | 23.9 |
| Cancer ...... | 370 | 8-8 | 363 | 8.7 |
| Phthisis ...... | 387 | 9-2 | 411 | 9.9 |
| Tubercular Diseases,excluding Phthisis ... | 101 | 2-4 | 139 | 3 .3 |
| Rheumatism (Acute and Chronic) and Gout ...... | 22 | 0-5 | 23 | 0.5 |
| V.—Developmental | 353 | 8-4 | 287 | 6 .9 |
| Old Age ...... | 210 | 4-9 | 166 | 3 .9 |
| VI.—Local Diseases | 2264 | 53.7 | 2212 | 53.1 |
| Circulatory System ... | 605 | 14 4 | 636 | 15.2 |
| Bronchitis ....... | 376 | 8.9 | 322 | |
| Pneumonia and Broncho-Pneumonia | 244 | 5.8 | 297 | 7.1 |
| Pleurisy and Pleuropneumonia | 94 | 2.2 | 94 | 2.2 |
| Respiratory System,excluding Phthisis | 766 | 18.2 | 770 | 18.5 |
| VII.—Violence | 173 | 4.1 | 178 | 4.3 |
| Suicide | 24 | 0.6 | 22 | 0.5 |
| VIII.—Other Causes | 83 | 1.9 | 69 | 1.6 |