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Local Government Board New Tables. Table III.
CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH (CORRECTED) DURING THE YEAR 1925.
BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.
Causes of Death.
Next Deaths at the subjoined Ages of "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)
3852
3580
353
63
104
108
151
459
995
1617
—
Uncertified
2
—
—
1
—
—
—
1
Typhus Fever
—
—
—
*Enteric Fever
4
—
—
—
—
2
1
1
—
8
Continued Fever
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Small-pox
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Measles
5
—
1
4
—
—
—
—
—
9
Scarlet Fever
9
—
—
4
3
1
1
—
—
16
Whooping Cough
50
25
16
9
—
—
—
—
—
40
† Diphtheria and Croup (See note (d))
57
1
5
27
23
1
—
—
—
41
Influenza
64
—
2
2
2
3
16
20
19
15
Erysipelas
3
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
1
5
*Cerebro-Spinal Fever
2
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
5
* Polio-myelitis acuta
6
—
1
3
1
—
—
—
1
3
Encephalitis Lethargica
8
—
—
2
—
—
—
6
—
—
Venereal Diseases
21
4
—
—
1
—
3
6
7
—
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)
292
1
1
1
2
63
133
79
12
92
Tuberculous Meningitis (Set note (e))
26
10
—
7
6
2
1
—
—
—
Other Tuberculous Diseases
38
2
2
—
2
8
19
4
1
—
Rheumatic Fever
29
1
2
7
6
2
6
5
10
Cancer, malignant disease {See note (/*))
467
<
37
207
221
Bronchitis
430
13
5
1
1
1
8
98
303
183
Broncho-Pneumonia
147
56
12
12
5
1
7
14
40
Pneumonia (all other forms)
138
7
4
3
3
2
22
53
44
Other diseases of Respiratory organs
41
—
—
—
—
2
3
21
15
Diseases of Circulatory System
626
2
1
1
12
12
50
167
381
171
Diseases of Nervous System
298
7
—
4
4
4
29
100
150
—
Diarrhoea (See note (g))
34
27
4
2
1
—
—
—
—
50
Enteritis
13
10
—
1
—
—
—
—
2
—
Appendicitis and Typhlitis
26
1
2
3
4
6
9
1
27
Alcoholism (See note (h))
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Cirrhosis of Liver
23
—
—
—
—
—
4
12
7
—
Nephritis and Bright's Diseases
109
1
—
—
—
4
9
44
5i
—
Puerperal Fever (See note (i))
11
—
—
—
1
3
6
1
—
13
Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and
Parturition
11
—
—
—
—
3
7
—
44
Congenital Debility and Malformation, including
Premature Birth (See note (j))
131
139
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide
I50
18
I
11
18
16
17
25
44
15
Suicides
37
—
—
—
—
2
12
21
2
Other Defined Diseases
541
37
4
6
11
11
64
95
306
| ,5..
Diseases ill-defined or unknown
—
1
—
2
3
5
Notes to Table iii.
a) All "Transferable Deaths" of residents, i.e., of 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.
(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 diarrhœa. Choleraic diarrhœa, 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.
(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.
(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 separately, though this statement cannot be
included in 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.
(i) Under "Puerperal Fever" are included deaths under such headings as
Pyaemia, Septicæmia, Sapræmia, Pelvis peritonitis, Peri- and
(e) Under "Tuberculosis Meningitis ' are included deaths from Acute
Hydrocephalus.
metritis 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.