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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 U.
Showing Classification of certain Causes of Deaths (uncorrected)
in the Borough of Lambeth, compared with London,
during 1903 and 1904.
A —Deaths at all Ages.
| Lambeth. | London. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of total Deaths (uncorrected) | Percentage of total Deaths (uncorrected) | |||
| 1904. | 1903. | 1904. | 1903. | |
| I. Principal Zymotics | 13.1 | 11.1 | 12.9 | 11.3 |
| Influenza | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Measles | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| Whooping Cough | 2.1 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
| Diarrhœa and Dysentery | 5.4 | 3.3 | 6.2 | 4.1 |
| II. Rheumatic Fever and Heart Rheumatism | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| III. Diseases of Circulatory System | 10.9 | 11.7 | 12.3 | 12.5 |
| IV. Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy | 15.1 | 13.6 | 17.01 | 15.5 |
| Phthisis | 8.0 | 8.6 | 10.04 | 10.2 |
| V. Injuries | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 4.3 |
| All Causes | 146.6 | 131.7 | 146.2 | 131.5 |