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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 1904
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1904
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TABLE T.
Shewing Classification of Causes of deaths in the Borough of
Lambeth during 1903 and 1904.
A.—Total Deaths from all causes and at all ages with percentages of deaths to total deaths (corrected).
| Class of Disease. | Borough 1904. | Borough 1903. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Deaths (corrected). | Percentage of Total Deaths. | No. of Deaths (corrected). | Percentage of Total Deaths. | |
| I.—Zymotic Diseases | 716 | 14.7 | 625 | 13.4 |
| Seven Principal | 603 | 12.4 | 498 | 10.7 |
| Influenza | 36 | 0.7 | 52 | 11.1 |
| II.—Parasitic | 6 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.3 |
| III.—Dietetic | 43 | 0.9 | 41 | 0.9 |
| IV.—Constitutional | 1039 | 21.3 | 1041 | 22.3 |
| Cancer | 309 | 6.3 | 307 | 6.6 |
| Phthisis | 447 | 9.2 | 435 | 9.3 |
| Tubercular Diseases, excluding Phthisis | 174 | 3.6 | 204 | 4.4 |
| Rheumatism (Acute and Chronic) and Gout | 46 | 0.9 | 41 | 0.9 |
| V.—Developmental | 361 | 7.4 | 297 | 6.4 |
| Old Age | 135 | 2.8 | 100 | 2.1 |
| VI.—Local Diseases | 2357 | 48.4 | 2299 | 49.3 |
| Circulatory System | 536 | 10.9 | 584 | 12.5 |
| Bronchitis | 423 | 8.7 | 370 | 7.9 |
| Pneumonia and BronchoPneumonia | 302 | 6.2 | 252 | 5.4 |
| Pleurisy and Pleuro-Pneumonia | 39 | 0.8 | 42 | 0.9 |
| Respiratory System, excluding Phthisis | 395 | 8.1 | 727 | 15.6 |
| VII.—Violence | 173 | 3.5 | 174 | 3.7 |
| Suicide | 26 | 0.5 | 36 | 0.8 |
| VIII.— Other Causes | 185 | 3.8 | 175 | 3.8 |