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Lambeth 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, The Vestry of the Parish of]

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Table: TABLE P.TABLEP.Shewing the number of Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases in the ten years 1890—99, and in the year 1900.

TABLE P.TABLEP.

Shewing the number of Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases in the ten years 1890—99, and in the year 1900.

Disease.1890189118921893189418951896189718981899Total Deaths in 1900.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 total Deaths 1899.Annual Average of ten years 1890—99.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 total Deaths in 10 years.
Smallpox0015122—————1.10.2
Diphtheria (and Membranous Croup)747812717213810314014511515910321.2124.723.2
Scarlet Fever57467669645363423025205.557.311.7
Fever.Typhus0101001—————0.40.08
Typhoid or Enteric31282236462624263550546.430.55.7
Simple Continued3724021———1—2.40.5
Measles1831281871131821511851391331696924.5155.828.9
Whooping Cough1942391351511101321401441591309729.3154.129.1
Diarrhœa15416515519713926315223825424915346.8188.532.9
Lambeth696692705748680732708734726782497133.7714.8132.4
London122709675119831322311544114671400911525124821114710136152.211788.7137.4