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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 U. Shewing Classification of certain Causes of Deaths (uncorrected) in Lambeth, compared with London, during 1897 and 1898. A.—Deaths at all /1ges.

TABLE U. Shewing Classification of certain Causes of Deaths (uncorrected) in Lambeth, compared with London, during 1897 and 1898. A.—Deaths at all /1ges.

Lambeth.London.
Percentage of total Deaths (uncorrected). 1897. 1898.Percentage of total Deaths (uncorrected). 1897. 1858.
I. Principal Zymotics14.813.414.214.9
Influenza0.82.40.81.5
Measles2.52.42.43.7
Whooping Cough2.62.82.32.6
Diarrhoea and Dysentery4.34.55.15.2
II. Rheumatic Fever and Heart Rheumatism0.50.40.50.4
III, Diseases of Circulatory System7.27.28.68.1
IV. Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy13.915.915.716.1
Phthisis8.38.59.79.5
V. Injuries ...4.44.64.34.2
B.—Deaths under 1 Year of Ace (per 1000 Births).
I. All Causes155-4156-3159-2167