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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 1895

Report on vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1895...

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Table: TABLE R.Shewing Classification of Causes of Deaths in Lambeth during 1895, compared with London. A.—Total Deaths from all causes and at all ages, with percentages of deaths to total deaths.

TABLE R.

Shewing Classification of Causes of Deaths in Lambeth during 1895, compared with London. A.—Total Deaths from all causes and at all ages, with percentages of deaths to total deaths.

Class of Disease.Lambeth Parish.London.
Total Deaths.Percentage of Total Deaths.Total Deaths.Percentage of Total Deaths.
I.—Zymotic Diseases95817.21486517.1
Seven Principal73213.21154513.3
Influenza1482.721562.5
II.—Parasitic11.261.7
III.—Dietetic38.7544.6
IV.—Constitutional101818.31667919.2
Cancer2314.236124.2
Phthisis5119.279749.2
Tubercular Diseases, excluding Phthisis1753.135424.07
Rheumatism (Acute and Chronic) and Gout31.6535.6
V.—Developmental3546.455796.4
Old Age1542.824682.8
VI.—Local Diseases278550.094268449.1
Circulatory System4157.569057.9
Bronchitis73013.11063312.2
Pneumonia3907.0159896.9
Pleurisy and other Diseases of the Respiratory System1252.217161.9
Respiratory System, excluding Phthisis125022.51848221.3
VII.—Violence2013.634073.9
Suicide39.7482.6
VIII.—Other Causes1943.531183.6