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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 1918
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1918
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(C.) SUMMARY OF CORRECTED DEATHS.
| No. of Deaths | Total. | No. of Deaths. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||
| I.-Specific Febrile or ZymoticDiseases. | Brought forward | 2201 | 2323 | 4524 | |||
| 1. Miasmatic Diseases | 487 | 618 | 1105 | ||||
| 2. Diarrhœal ,, | 26 | 34 | 60 | ||||
| 3. Malarial „ | - | - | - | 6. Diseases of Lymphatic System | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4. Zoogenous „ | - | - | - | 7. Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 Venereal „ | 19 | 8 | 27 | ||||
| 6. Septic „ | 4 | 14 | 18 | 8. Diseases of Urinary System | 98 | 66 | 164 |
| 9. Diseases of Reproductive System | - | 6 | 6 | ||||
| - | 2 | (a) Diseases of Organs of Generation | |||||
| 2 | - | 2 | - | 8 | 8 | ||
| 10. Diseases of Bones and Joints | 4 | 7 | 11 | ||||
| 542 | 471 | 1013 | 11. Diseases of Integumentary System | 12 | 3 | 15 | |
| 115 | 149 | 264 | |||||
| - | 1. Accident or Negligence | 79 | 45 | 124 | |||
| 1. Diseases of Nervous System | 171 | 175 | 346 | 2. Homicide | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3. Suicide | 14 | 11 | 25 |
| 4. Execution | - | - | - | ||||
| 3. Diseases of Circulatory System | 275 | 296 | 571 | 5. Air raid | - | - | - |
| 4. Diseases of Respiratory System | 442 | 441 | 883 | ||||
| 5. Diseases of Digestive System | 113 | 112 | 225 | 25 | 29 | 54 | |
| Carried forward | 2201 | 2323 | 4524 | Total | 2441 | 2507 | 4948 |