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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 1898

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1898

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Table: TABLE T. Shewing Classification of Causes of Deaths in Lambeth during 1898, compared with 1897. A.—Total Deaths from all causes and at all ages, with percentages of deaths to total deaths (corrected).

TABLE T. Shewing Classification of Causes of Deaths in Lambeth during 1898, compared with 1897. A.—Total Deaths from all causes and at all ages, with percentages of deaths to total deaths (corrected).

Class of Disease.Lambeth Parish.
1898.1897.
No. of Deaths (corrected).Percentage of Total Deaths.No. of Deaths (corrected).Percentage of Total Deaths.
I.—Zymotic Diseases90816.785316.2
Seven Principal72613.473413.9
Influenza1262.3450.9
II.—Parasitic10.0230.1
III.—Dietetic430.8420.8
IV.—Constitutional104319.2102119.4
Cancer2704.92394.6
Phthisis4909.04839.2
Tubercular Diseases, excluding Phthisis1843.41883.6
Rheumatism (Acute and Chronic) and Gout340.6510.9
V.—Developmental3897.24218.0
Old Age1803.31883.6
VI.—Local Diseases256947.3244246.5
Circulatory System4027.43887.4
Bronchitis55110.24468.5
Pneumonia and Bron-cho-Pneumonia3055.62725.2
Pleurisy and Pleuropneumonia250.5210.4
Respiratory System, excluding Phthisis97517.981917.5
VII.—Violence2194.02073.9
Suicide330.6290.6
VIII.—Other Causes2584.82715.2