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Lambeth 1934

[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 1934.
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
3,619
255
86
67
96
111
343
942
814
905
Enteric Fever
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
Measles
67
10
34
18
5
-
-
-
-
-
Scarlet Fever
3
-
-
2
1
-
-
-
-
-
Whooping Cough
13
7
4
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
Diphtheria
45
2
4
17
21
-
1
-
-
-
Influenza
40
-
-
-
1
2
3
13
11
10
Encephalitis Lethargica
3
-
-
1
-
-
2
-
-
-
Cerebro-Spinal Fever
8
-
2
1
1
1
1
2
-
-
Tuberculosis of respiratory system
232
3
-
1
3
33
96
77
17
2
Other tuberculous diseases
35
-
3
2
8
6
10
3
2
1
Syphilis
24
5
-
-
-
1
2
8
8
-
General Paralysis of the insane, tabes
dorsalis
22
-
-
-
-
-
5
14
3
-
Cancer, malignant disease
Diabetes
505
-
-
1
-
2
O
40
14
206
3
156
100
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc.
34
-
-
-
-
-
5
8
10
11
Heart Disease
885
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
3
-
12
1
43
48
191
71
275
62
360
21
Aneurysm
11
—
—
—
—
—
—
7
3
1
Other circulatory diseases
111
—
—
—
—
—
1
21
49
40
Bronchitis
132
7
—
1
—
—
4
28
26
66
Pneumonia (all forms)
272
47
23
10
3
3
21
82
38
45
Other respiratory diseases
42
l
2
—
—
1
9
13
6
10
Peptic Ulcer
52
—
—
—
—
—
8
28
12
4
Diarrhoea, etc.
47
37
1
1
—
2
1
1
2
2
Appendicitis
21
12
—
—
—
6
1
5
5
3
1
Cirrhosis of Liver
—
—
—
—
—
1
8
1
2
Other diseases of liver, etc.
17
—
—
—
—
—
—
4
10
3
Other digestive diseases
72
3
3
—
6
2
10
20
13
15
Acute and Chronic Nephritis
88
—
—
I
—
2
7
39
18
21
Puerperal Sepsis
6
—
—
—
—
—
6
—
—
—
Other puerperal causes
4
—
—
—
—
1
3
—
—
—
Congenital Debility, premature birth,
malformations, etc.
116
112
1
1
—
—
1
1
—
—
Senility
96
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
16
80
Suicide
41
—
—
—
—
4
7
26
1
3
Other Violence
127
7
4
4
13
17
22
22
17
21
Other defined diseases
252
14
5
4
24
21
28
67
45
44
Causes ill-defined or unknown
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
Deaths in Institutions in Lambeth
Lambethans
Strangers
Totals
Voluntary Hospitals
299
830
1,129
State-aided Hospitals
555
617
1,172
Homes for the dying, etc.
31
9
40