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TABLE E.
Showing Classification of Causes of Deaths (corrected) in the
Borough of Lambeth during 1923 and 1924.
A.—Total Deaths from all causes and at all ages with percentages
of such deaths to total deaths (corrected).
Borough
1924.
Borough
1923-
Class ok Diskase.
I'ercent-
Percent-
No. of
Deaths
(corrected).
age of
Total
Deaths
(corrected).
No. of
Deaths
(corrected).
age of
Total
Deaths
(corrected).
I.—Zymotic Diseases
342
8.8
226
6.5
Seven Principal
197
5.09
741
4.05
Influenza
97
2.5
40
1.1
II.—Parasitic
3
0.07
—
—
III.—Dietetic
9
0.2
3
0.09
IV.—Constitutional
894
23.1
818
23.5
Cancer*
455
11.7
412
11.8
Phthisis
279
7.2
264
7.6
Tubercular Diseases,
excluding Phthisis
79
2.04
65
1.9
Rheumatism (Acute and
Chronic) and Gout
21
0.5
24
0.7
V.—Developmental
261
6.7
293
8.4
Old Age
135
3.5
153
4.4
VI.—Local Diseases
2145
55.5
1931
55.4
Circulatory System
607
15.7
557
15.9
Bronchitis
442
11.4
323
9.2
Pneumoniaand BronchoPneumonia
237
6.1
209
6.o
Pleurisy and pleuropneumonia
95
2.4
84
2.4
Respiratory. System, excluding
Phthisis
817
21.1
656
18.9
VII.—Violence
168
43
169
4.8
Suicide
34
0.9
40
1.1
VII1.-Ill-defined and not
Specified Causes
43
1.1
42
1.1
* Vide also Appendix V. (cancer campaign).