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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, The Vestry of the Parish of]
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SUMMARY OF DEATH RETURNS.
| No. of Deaths. | Total. | No. of Deaths. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||
| I.—Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases. | Brought forward | 2407 | 2386 | 4793 | |||
| VI.—Local Diseases—continued. | |||||||
| 1. Miasmatic Diseases | 228 | 269 | 497 | 6. Diseases of Lymphatic System | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2. Diarrhœal „ | 79 | 77 | 156 | ||||
| 3. Malarial „ | 1 | ... | 1 | 7. Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use | ... | ... | ... |
| 4. Zoogenous „ | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| 5. Venereal „ | 24 | 13 | 37 | 8. Diseases of Urinary System | 87 | 64 | 151 |
| 6. Septic „ | 12 | 11 | 23 | 9. Diseases of Reproductive System— | |||
| II.—Parasitic Diseases | 3 | 1 | 4 | (a) Diseases of Organs of Generation | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| III.—Dietic Diseases | 23 | 23 | 46 | (b) Diseases of Parturition | ... | 17 | 17 |
| 10. Diseases of Bones and Joints | 8 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| IV.—Constitutional Diseases | 575 | 517 | 1092 | 11. Diseases of Integumentary System | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| V.—Developmental Diseases | 190 | 190 | 380 | ||||
| VII.—Violence. | |||||||
| VI.—Local Diseases | 1. Accident or Negligence | 109 | 59 | 168 | |||
| 1. Diseases of Nervous System | 268 | 277 | 545 | 2. Homicide | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3. Suicide | 15 | 8 | 23 |
| 4. Execution | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| 3. Diseases of Circulatory System | 213 | 224 | 437 | ||||
| 4. Diseases of Respiratory „ | 573 | 579 | 1152 | VIII—Ill-Defined and not Specified Causes. | 112 | 107 | 219 |
| 5. Diseases of Digestive „ | 215 | 203 | 418 | ||||
| Carried forward | 2407 | 2386 | 4793 | Total | 2751 | 2679 | 5430 |