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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 T.
Shewing Classification of Causes of Deaths in Lambeth
during 1900, compared with 1899.

Table: A.—Total Deaths from all causes and at all ages, with percentages of deaths to total deaths (corrected).

A.—Total Deaths from all causes and at all ages, with percentages of deaths to total deaths (corrected).

Classof Disease.Lambeth Parish.
1900.1899.
No. of Deaths (corrected).Percentate of Total Deaths.No. of Deaths (corrected).Percentage of Total Deaths.
I.—Zymotic Diseases71413.1103317.6
Seven Principal4979.278213.3
Influenza1522.81512.6
II.—Parasitic400.7200.3
III.—Dietetic460.8410.7
IV.—Constitutional109220.1108218.4
Cancer2885.32614.4
Phthisis5169.55258.1
Tubercular Diseases, excluding Phthisis2053.82053.5
Rheumatism (Acute and Chronic) and Gout320.6410.7
V.—Developmental3806.93966.7
Old Age1512.81662.8
VI.—Local Diseases278051.2291949.6
Circulatory System4378.14517.7
Bronchitis61311.366111.2
Pneumonia and Broncho-Pneumonia4157.63726.3
Pleurisy and Pleuropneumonia300.5340.6
Respiratory System, excluding Phthisis63611.7117219.9
VII.—Violence1953.61823.1
Suicide230.4240.4
VIII.— Other Causes2194.032313.9