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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DKATH
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | DEATHS IK OB BELONGING TO. WHOLE DISTRICT AT SUBJOINED AGES. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 26. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | 77 | 19 | 54 | 4 | - | - | - | |
| Scarlet Fever | 28 | - | 17 | 9 | 2 | - | - | |
| Whooping Cough | 71 | 33 | 36 | 2 | - | - | - | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 51 | 4 | 32 | 14 | - | 1 | - | |
| Croup | 2 | — | 2 | — | - | _- | - | |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | |
| Fever | Enteric. | 22 | — | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| Other Continued | 1 | 1 | — | — | - | - | - | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 42 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 21 | 16 | |
| Cholera Nostras | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Diarrhoea | 268 | 213 | 40 | 1 | 9 | 4 | ||
| Enteritis | 129 | 82 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 7 | |
| Puerperal fever | 12 | — | — | 7 | - | 12 | - | |
| Erysipelas | 13 | 3 | — | - | - | 7 | 3 | |
| Other Septic diseases | 12 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 6 | - | |
| Phthisis | 411 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 333 | 25 | |
| Other Tuberculardisease | 151 | 40 | 53 | 23 | 7 | 22 | 6 | |
| Canoer, malignantdisease | 297 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 171 | 121 | |
| Bronchitis | 402 | 65 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 97 | 208 | |
| Pneimonia | 165 | 15 | 22 | 3 | li | 89 | 30 | |
| Pleurisy | 14 | — | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Other diseases of Respiratory Organs | 256 | 70 | 78 | 8 | 3 | 59 | 38 | |
| Alcoholism | 38 | — | — | - | - | 34 | 4 | |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 45 | — | - | - | - | 35 | 10 | |
| Venereal diseases | 38 | 28 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Premature birth | 152 | 162 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Diseases and Accidents of parturition | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | |
| Heart diseases | 392 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 185 | 152 | |
| Accidents | 125 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 41 | 31 | |
| Suioides | 34 | — | — | — | 4 | 26 | 4 | |
| All other causes | 1448 | 331 | 71 | 41 | 47 | 419 | 539 | |
| All causes | 4709 | 1088 | 473 | 172 | 162 | 1606 | 1208 | |