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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 1899
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1899
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TABLE T.
Shewing Classification of Causes of Deaths in Lambeth
during 1899, compared with 1898.
A.—Total Deaths from all causes and at all ages, with percentages of deaths to total deaths (corrected).
| Class of Disease. | Lambeth Parish. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898. | 1899. | |||
| No. of Deaths (corrected). | Percentage of Total Deaths. | No. of Deaths (corrected). | Percentage of Total Deaths. | |
| I.—Zymotic Diseases | 908 | 16.7 | 1033 | 17.6 |
| Seven Principal | 726 | 13.4 | 782 | 13.3 |
| Influenza | 126 | 2.3 | 151 | 2.6 |
| II.— Parasitic | 1 | 0.02 | 2 | 0.03 |
| III.—Dietetic | 43 | 0.8 | 41 | 0.7 |
| IV.—Constitutional | 1043 | 19.2 | 1082 | 18.4 |
| Cancer | 270 | 4.9 | 261 | 4.4 |
| Phthisis | 490 | 9.0 | 525 | 8.1 |
| Tubercular Diseases, excluding Phthisis | 184 | 3.4 | 205 | |
| Rheumatism (Acute and Chronic) and | ||||
| Gout | 34 | 0.6 | 41 | 0.7 |
| V.—Developmental | 389 | 7.2 | 396 | 6.7 |
| Old Age | 180 | 3.3 | 166 | 2.8 |
| VI.—Local Diseases | 2569 | 47.3 | 2919 | 49.6 |
| Circulatory System | 402 | 7.4 | 451 | 7.7 |
| Bronchitis | 551 | 10.2 | 661 | 11.2 |
| Pneumonia and Broncho-Pneumonia | 305 | 5.6 | 372 | 6.3 |
| Pleurisy and Pleuropneumonia | 25 | 0.5 | 34 | 0.6 |
| Respiratory System, excluding Phthisis | 975 | 17.9 | 1172 | 19.9 |
| VII.—Violence | 219 | 4.0 | 182 | 3.1 |
| Suicide | 33 | 0.6 | 24 | 0.4 |
| VIII.—Other Causes | 258 | 4.8 | 231 | 3.9 |
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