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Lambeth 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE E.
Showing Classification of Causes of Deaths (corrected) in the
Borough of Lambeth during 1926 and 1927.
A.—Total Deaths from all causes and at all ages with percentages of such deaths to total deaths (corrected).
| Class of Disease | Borough 1927. | Borough 1926. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Deaths (corrected) | Percentage of Total Deaths (corrected). | No. of Deaths (corrected). | Percentage of Total Deaths (corrected). | |
| I.—Zymotic Diseases | 283 | 7.4 | 275 | 7.7 |
| Seven Principal | 121 | 3.2 | 160 | 4.5 |
| Influenza | 113 | 2.9 | 57 | 1.6 |
| II.—Parasitic | 3 | 0.1 | - | - |
| III.—Dietetic | 9 | 0.2 | 5 | 0.1 |
| IV.—Constitutional | 907 | 23.7 | 909 | 25.4 |
| Cancer | 504 | 13.2 | 492 | 13.8 |
| Phthisis | 264 | 6.9 | 262 | 7.3 |
| Tubercular Diseases, excluding Phthisis | 49 | 1.3 | 60 | 1.7 |
| Rheumatism (Acute and Chronic) and Gout | 18 | 0.5 | 23 | 0.6 |
| V.—Developmental | 264 | 6.9 | 254 | 7.1 |
| Old Age | 173 | 4.5 | 160 | 4.5 |
| VI.—Local Diseases | 2,146 | 56.2 | 1,947 | 54.5 |
| Circulatory System | 733 | 19.2 | 677 | 18.9 |
| Bronchitis | 294 | 7.7 | 271 | 7.6 |
| Pneumonia and Broncho-Pneumonia | 193 | 5.05 | 176 | 4.9 |
| Pleurisy and Pleuropneumonia | 107 | 2.8 | 103 | 2.9 |
| Respiratory System, excluding Phthisis | 649 | 17.0 | 588 | 16.4 |
| VII.—Violence | 195 | 5.1 | 169 | 4.7 |
| Suicide | 43 | 1.1 | 43 | 1.2 |
| VIII.—Ill-defined and not Specified Causes | 11 | 0.3 | 16 | 0.4 |