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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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A.— Total Deaths from all causes and at all ages with percentages of deaths to total deaths (corrected).
| Borough 1905. | Borough 1906. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class of Disease. | No. of Deaths (corrected). | Percentage of Total Deaths (corrected). | No. of Deaths (corrected). | Percentage of Total Deaths. |
| I.— Zymotic Diseases | 546 | 11.8 | 641 | 13.6 |
| Seven Principal | 431 | 9.3 | 522 | 11.1 |
| Influenza | 50 | 11 | 42 | 0.9 |
| II.— Parasitic | 3 | 0.06 | 1 | 0.2 |
| III.— Dietetic | 35 | 0.8 | 45 | 0.9 |
| IV.— Constitutional | 995 | 2.1 | 983 | 20.9 |
| Cancer | 320 | 6.9 | 297 | 6.3 |
| Phthisis | 416 | 8.9 | 411 | 8.7 |
| Tubercular Diseases, excluding Phthisis | 167 | 3.6 | 151 | 3.2 |
| Rheumatism (Acute and Chronic) and Gout | 27 | 0.6 | 42 | 0.9 |
| V.— Developmental | 323 | 6.9 | 320 | 6.8 |
| Old Age | 118 | 2.5 | 119 | 2.5 |
| VI.— Local Diseases | 2413 | 51.9 | 2404 | 51.1 |
| Circulatory System | 587 | 12.6 | 546 | 11.6 |
| Bronchitis | 394 | 8.5 | 402 | 8.5 |
| Pneumonia and Broncho-Pneumonia | 341 | 7.3 | 305 | 6.5 |
| Pleurisy and pleura-pneumonia | 55 | 11.8 | 55 | 1.2 |
| Respiratory System, excluding Phthisis | 858 | 18.5 | 837 | 17.7 |
| VII.— Violence | 171 | 3.7 | 164 | 3.5 |
| Suicide | 25 | 0.5 | 34 | 0.7 |
| VIII.— Other Causes | 160 | 3.4 | 151 | 3.2 |