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Lambeth 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE H. Causes of, and Ages at, Death (Corrected) During the Year, 1933.
| Causes of Death | Net Deaths at the Subjoined Ages of " Residents " whether occurring Within or Without the District | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 under 75 years | 75 and upwards | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
| All causes | 3,789 | 249 | 52 | 39 | 85 | 122 | 363 | 1,009 | 865 | 1,005 | ||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |||
| Measles | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | _ | _ | — | — | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | _ | — | — | ||
| Whooping Cough | 21 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | _ | _ | — | — | — | ||
| Diphtheria | 26 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | _ | — | — | — | — | ||
| Influenza | 150 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 25 | 54 | 31 | 32 | ||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | - | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | ||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | _ | _ | — | — | ||
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 245 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 53 | 83 | 91 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Other tuberculous diseases | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | — | ||
| Syphilis | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | |||
| General Paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis......... | 17 | _ | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 | — | ||
| Cancer, malignant disease | 477 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 36 | 206 | 151 | 81 | ||
| Diabetes | 35 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 11 | 17 | 3 | ||
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 142 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 36 | 56 | 48 | ||
| Heart Disease | 981 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 7 | 34 | 203 | 301 | 433 | ||
| Aneurysm | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Other circulatory diseases | 134 | — | — | — | —_ | 1 | 1 | 34 | 48 | 50 | ||
| Bronchitis | 139 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 36 | 23 | 70 | ||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 252 | 34 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 57 | 50 | 52 | ||
| Other respiratory deseases | 33 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 5 | 13 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Peptic Ulcer | 48 | _ | _ | — | — | 2 | 8 | 29 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Diarrhoea, etc. | 61 | 40 | 9 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 7 | — | 2 | ||
| Appendicitis | 28 | — | — | _ | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 8 | — | — | — | _ | —r | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | ||
| Other diseases of liver, etc. | 19 | 1 | — | _ | _ | — | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Other digestive diseases | 76 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 15 | ||
| Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 128 | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 45 | 32 | ||
| Puerperal Sepis | 5 | —_ | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | ||
| Other puerperal causes | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | ||
| Congenital Debility, premature birth, malformations, etc | 122 | 121 | — | — | _ | _ | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| Senility | 120 | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | 11 | 109 | ||
| Suicide | 50 | — | — | — | _ | 2 | 15 | 24 | 9 | — | ||
| Other Violence | 115 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 18 | 14 | ||
| Other defined diseases | 262 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 33 | 66 | 49 | 46 | ||
| Causes ill-defined or unknown | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| Deaths in Institutions in Lambeth | ||||||||||||
| Lambethans | Strangers | Totals | ||||||||||
| Voluntary Hospitals | 247 | 776 | 1,023 | |||||||||
| State-aided Hospitals | 624 | 738 | 1,362 | |||||||||
| Homes for the dying, etc. | 36 | 9 | 45 | |||||||||