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Lambeth 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]

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Local Government Board New Tables. Table III.
CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH (CORRECTED) DURING THE YEAR 1924.
BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.
Causes of Death.
Nett Deaths at the subjoined Ages ok "Residents "
whether occurring within or without the
District (a).
Total Deaths
whether of
"Residents"
or "Nonresidents"
in
Institutions in
the District b).
All
ages.
Under
1 year
1 and
under
2
years.
2 and
under
5
years.
5 and
under
15
years.
15 and
under
25
years.
25 and
under
45
years.
45 and
under
65
years.
65 and
upwards.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
All causes
Certified (c) 3919
3905
396
129
112
112
162
452
1048
1494
2182
Uncertified
14
1
—
—
1
—
—
—
12
Typhus Fever
—
—
* Enteric Fever
1
1
—
1
Continued Fever
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Small-pox
—
Measles
88
:8
35
25
10
—
—
—
—
40
Scarlet Fever
11
—
3
6
1
1
—
—
—
15
Whooping Cough
23
7
10
6
—
—
—
—
—
3
†Diphtheria and Croup (See note (d))
52
2
4
24
20
1
1
—
—
58
Influenza
98
1
1
1
2
3
20
31
39
10
Erysipelas
3
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
1
4
*Cerebro-Spinal Fever
3
—
—
1
2
—
—
—
—
6
* Polio-myelitis acuta
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Encephalitis Lethargica
7
—
—
—
4
—
—
2
1
—
Venereal Diseases
18
5
—
—
—
—
2
8
3
—
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)
297
—
—
—
5
71
112
90
19
114
Tuberculous Meningitis (See note (e))
30
2
7
7
6
—
7
1
—
—
Other Tuberculous Diseases
51
6
1
2
9
12
14
2
5
—
Rheumatic Fever
20
—
—
6
6
3
3
2
8
Cancer, malignant disease (See note (f))
456
—
—
—
—
1
38
230
187
—