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Lambeth 1897
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1897
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SUMMARY OF DEATH RETURNS (arranged quarterly).
Quarters.
Whole
Year.
Quarters.
Whole
Year.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
I.—Specific Febrile, or Zymotic
Diseases.
VI.—Local Diseases—continued
1. Miasmatic Diseases
150
125
94
176
545
6. Diseases of Lymphatic System
...
2
2
1
5
2. Diarihœal
7
9
221
12
249
3. Malarial
...
1
...
...
1
7. Diseases of Gland-like Organs
of Uncertain Use
4. Zoogenous
5. Venereal
10
5
5
3
23
8. Diseases of Urinary System
46
42
49
47
184
6. Septic
9
7
12
7
35
9. Diseases cf Reproductive
6
1
4
3
14
II.—Parasitic Diseases
2
...
...
1
3
(a) Diseases of Organs of
Generation
3
2
6
5
16
III.—Dietic Diseases
9
14
13
7
43
(A) Diseases of Parturition
5
4
1
2
12
10. Diseases cf Bones and Joints
1
5
5
7
18
IV.—Constitutional Diseases
256
247
276
240
1021
ii. Diseases of Integumentary
System
V.—Developmental Diseases
115
100
111
95
421
VII.—Violence.
VI.—Local Diseases
131
112
134
120
496
1. Accident or Negligence
43
40
41
38
162
1. Diseases of Nervous System
2. Homicide
2
2
1
5
2. Diseases of Organs cf Special
Sense
2
1
3
4
1C
3. Suicide
11
9
6
3
29
4. Execution
1
...
...
...
1
3. Diseases of Circulatory System
108
93
86
101
388
4. Diseases of Respiratory
290
173
111
257
819
VIII.—Ill-Defined and not Specified
79
59
93
41
271
5. Diseases of Digestive System
92
88
212
88
480
Causes.
Total
1378
1141
1473
1259
5251