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Lambeth 1918
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1918
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| Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined Ages of" Residents" whether occurring within or without the District (a). | Total Deaths whether of "Residents" or "Nonresidents" in Institutions in the District (b). | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1 year | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and upwards. | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
| All causes | Certified (c) | 4948 | 4710 | 426 | 251 | 220 | 292 | 793 | 1051 | 1449 | 3559 | |
| Uncertified | 238 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 41 | 60 | 59 | |||
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Enteric Fever | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | |||
| Continued Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Measles | 127 | 25 | 48 | 44 | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | 76 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 16 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 85 | 22 | 36 | 20 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 70 | ||
| Diphtheria and Croup (See note (d)) | 45 | 14 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 82 | |||||
| Influenza | 819 | 20 | 16 | 39 | 56 | 117 | 304 | 160 | 107 | 344 | ||
| Erysipelas | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 7 | ||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 19 | ||
| Polio-myelitis acuta | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Venereal Diseases | 27 | 14 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | |||
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 401 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 76 | 179 | 107 | 24 | 255 | ||
| Tuberculous Meningitis (See note (e)) | 58 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 79 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 2 | — | ||
| Rheumatic Fever | 12 | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | 12 | ||
| Cancer, malignant disease (See note (/)) | 392 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 41 | 179 | 167 | — | ||
| Bronchitis | 321 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 80 | 190 | 450 | |||
| Broncho-Pneumonia | 231 | 55 | 49 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 43 | ||||
| Pneumonia (all other forms) | 272 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 49 | 72 | 66 | |||
| Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 59 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 17 | - | ||||
| Diseases of Circulatory System | 571 | 1 | — | 1 | 15 | 58 | 134 | 354 | 295 | |||
| Diseases of Nervous System | 346 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 46 | 108 | 147 | — | ||
| Diarrhœa (See note (g)) | 60 | 35 | 5 | 1 | — | 5 | 5 | 1 | 66 | |||
| Enteritis | 46 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 13 | 7 | — | |||
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 19 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | 46 | ||||
| Alcoholism (See note (A)) | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 21 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | — | |||
| Nephritis and Bright's Diseases | 134 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 47 | 61 | — | ||
| Puerperal Fever (See note (i) | 10 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 6 | — | — | 10 | ||
| Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | — | — | — | |||
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth (See note (j)) | 133 | 129 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 128 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 33 | 31 | 499 | ||
| Suicides | 25 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| Other Defined Diseases | 464 | 39 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 95 | 265 | 1304 | |||
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 11 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
Notes to Table iii.
(a) All Transferable Deaths of residents, i.e., of persons resident in the
District who have died outside it, are included with the other deaths
in columns 2-10. Transferable deaths of non-residents, i.e., of
persons resident elsewhere in England and Wales who have died
in the District, are in like manner excluded from these columns. For
the precise meaning of the term " transferable deaths " sec footnote
to Table I.
The total deaths in column 2 of Table III. equal the figures for the
year in column 12 of Table I
(b) All deaths occurring in institutions for the sick and infirm situated
within the district, whether of residents or non-residents, are entered
in the last column of Table 111.
(c) All deaths certified by registered Medical Practitioners and all Inquest
cases are classed as " Certified " ; all other deaths are to be regarded
as " Uncertified."
(d) This heading includes all deaths from croup except those certified
as due to " spasmodic," " stridulous," " catarrhal," or " false "
croup.
>c?) Under "Tuberculous Meningitis" are included( deaths from Acute
Hydrocephalus.
(/) Under " Cancer " are included deaths under such headings as Carcinomal
Scirrhus, Epithelioma, Rodent ulcer, Sarcoma, Cancer, and Malignant
Disease.
{g) Under this heading are included deaths registered as due to Epidemic
diarrhoea, Epidemic enteritis, Infective enteritis, Zymotic enteritis,
Summer diarrhoea, Choleraic diarrhoea, Cholera (other than Asiatic),
Gastro-enteritis, Gastro-intestinal catarrh, Muco-enteritis, Colitis,
etc. Deaths from Diarrhoea secondary to some other well-defined
disease are included under the latter.
(h) Under this heading are included deaths from Delirium tremens, acute
and chronic alcoholism, etc., but not those certified as due to organ c
disease attributed to alcoholism. The number of the latter may
with advantage be stated separately, though this statement cannot
be included in Table III.
(i) Under " Puerperal Fever " are included deaths under such headings
as Pyaemia, Septicaemia, Sapraemia, Pelvic peritonitis, Peri- and
Endo-metritis occurring in the Puerperium.
(;) Under this heading are included also deaths from Atrophy and Marasmus
of Infants, and want of Breast-milk, but not from Atelectasis.