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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 1916
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1916
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(C.) SUMMARY OF CORRECTED DEATHS.
| No. of Deaths. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | ||
| I.—Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases. | 218 | ||
| 1. Miasmatic Diseases | 118 | 100 | 218 |
| 2. Diarrhæal | 60 | 45 | 105 |
| 3. Malarial | – | – | – |
| 4. Zoogenous | – | – | – |
| 5 Venereal „ | 19 | 15 | 34 |
| 6. Septic | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| II.—Parasitic Diseases | 1 | – | 1 |
| III.—Dietetic Diseases | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| IV.—Constitutional Diseases | 498 | 448 | 946 |
| V.—Developmental Diseases | 155 | 198 | 353 |
| VI.—Local Diseases. | |||
| 1. Diseases of Nervous System | 184 | 197 | 381 |
| 2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 3. Diseases of Circulatory System | 315 | 290 | 605 |
| 4. Diseases of Respiratory System | 370 | 396 | 766 |
| 5. Diseases of Digestive System | 119 | 105 | 224 |
| Carried forward | 1859 | 1822 | 3681 |
| M. | F. | F. | |
| Brought forward | 1859 | 1822 | 3681 |
| IV.—Local Diseases—continued. | |||
| 6. Diseases of Lymphatic System | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 7. Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8. Diseases of Urinary System | 123 | 85 | 208 |
| 9. Diseases of Reproductive System | |||
| (a) Diseases of Organs of Generation | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| (b) Diseases of Parturition | – | 10 | 10 |
| 10. Diseases of Bones and Joints | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 11. Diseases of Integumentary System | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| VII.—Violence. | |||
| 1. Accident or Negligence | 94 | 54 | 148 |
| 2. Homicide | 1 | – | 1 |
| 3. Suicide | 20 | 4 | 24 |
| 4. Execution | – | – | – |
| 5. Air raid | – | – | – |
| VIII.—III-defined and not Specified Causes | 55 | 29 | 84 |
| Total | 2176 | 2036 | 4212 |