Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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63
Bronchitis
445
32
13
4
3
4
20
95
274
269
Broncho-Pneumonia
168
58
30
16
4
7
23
30
Pneumonia (all other forms)
169
10
11
6
2
8
36
46
50
Other diseases of Respiratory organs ...
43
1
2
1
—
3
13
10
13
Diseases of Circulatory System
611
1
1
—
7
15
50
168
369
173
Diseases of Nervous System
298
11
2
3
4
2
19
100
1 57
—
Diarrhoea (See note (g))
24
21
3
—
—
—
—
30
Enteritis
26
23
1
1
—
—
—
—
1
—
Appendicitis and Typhlitis
26
—
—
—
4
4
7
8
3
41
Alcoholism (See note (h))
9
—
—
—
—
—
3
5
1
—
Cirrhosis of Liver
19
1
—
—
—
—
13
5
—
Nephritis and Bright's Diseases
116
2
1
—
4
5
14
51
39
—
Puerperal Fever (See note (i))
10
—
—
—
—
3
7
—
—
13
Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and
Parturition
9
—
—
—
—
4
5
—
—
—
Congenital Debility and Malformation, including
Premature Birth (See note (j))
152
147
1
1
—
1
1
1
—
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide
139
21
—
6
7
7
17
34
46
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Suicides
36
—
—
1
13
15
7
Other Defined Diseases
451
27
2
2
13
10
43
106
248
1263
Diseases ill-defined or unknown
10
1
—
—
—
—
—
4
5
Notes to Table iii.
a) All "Transferable Deaths" of residents, i.e., or persons resident in the
District who have died outside it, are included with the other deaths
in columns 2.10. Transferable deaths of non-residents, i.e., of persons
resident elsewhere in England and Wales who have died in the District,
are in like manner excluded from these columns. For the precise
meaning of the term " transferable deaths" see footnote to Table I.
The total deaths in column 2 of Table III. equal the figures for the year
in column 12 of Table I.
(b) All deaths occurring in institutions for the sick and infirm situated within
the district, whether of residents or non-residents, are entered in the
last column of Table III.
(c) All deaths certified by registered Medical Practitioners and all Inquest
cases are classed as "Certified"; all other deaths are to be regarded
as ''Uncertified."
d) This heading includes all deaths from croup except those certified as
due to " spasmodic," "stridulous," " catarrhal." or "false," croup.
(e) Under "Tuberculosis Meningitis" are included deaths from Acute
Hydrocephalus.
(f) Under Cancer are included deaths under such headings as Carcinoma
Scirrhus, Epithelioma, Rodent ulcer, Sarcoma, Cancer, and Malignant
Disease.
(g) Under this heading are included deaths registered as due to Epidemic
diarrhoea, Epidemic enteritis, Infective enteritis, Zymotic enteritis,
Summer diarrhoea, Choleraic diarrhoea, Cholera (other than Asiatic),
Gastro-enteritis, Gastro-intestinal catarrh, Muco-enteritis, Colitis, etc.
Deaths from Diarrhoea secondary to some other well-defined disease
are included under the latter.
(h) Under this heading are included deaths from Delirium tremens, acute and
chronic alcoholism etc., but not those certified as due to organic
disease attributed to alcoholism. The number of the latter may with
advantage be stated separate, though this statement cannot be
included in Table III.
(i) Under "Puerperal Fever'' are included deaths under such headings as
Pyaemia, Septicaemia, Sapræmia, Pelvis peritonitis, Peri- and Endometritis
occurring in the Puerperium.
(j) Under this heading are included also deaths from Atrophy and Marasmus
of Infants, and want of Breast-milk, but not from Atelectasis.
*Including Paratyphoid fever Post-Basic Meningitis and Polio-encephalitis acuta respectively. †No deaths registered from Croup.