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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| CAUSES OF DEATH. | DEATH IN OR BELONGING TO WHOLE DISTRICT AT SUBJOINDED AGES. | DEATH IN OR BELONGING TO REGISTRATION SUB-DISTRICT (AT ALL AGES). | TOTAL DEATH IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS IN DISTRIC(UNCORRECTED) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65. | 35 and upwards. | Waterloo. | Lambeth Church. | Kennington. | Stockwell. | Brixton. | Norwood | District not stated. | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| Measles | 101 | 16 | 82 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 21 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 42 | - | 27 | 14 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 34 | |
| Whooping Cough | 50 | 19 | 30 | - | - | 1 | - | 10 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 9 | - | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 46 | 2 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 49 | |
| Croup | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Typhus Fever Enteric Other continued | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 8 | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 13 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 65 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 23 | 9 | |
| Cholera Nostras | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |||
| Diarrhœa | 149 | 117 | 27 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 10 | 29 | 43 | 25 | 18 | 24 | 83 | |
| Enteritis | 62 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | - |
| Puerperal fever | 6 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 6 |
| Erysipelas | 11 | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| Other Septic diseases | 11 | - | - | 1 | - | 10 | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |||
| Phthisis | 441 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 335 | 34 | 56 | 59 | 82 | 73 | 104 | 48 | 19 | 34 |
| Other Tubercular diseases | 160 | 43 | 60 | 19 | 6 | 30 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 36 | 37 | 31 | 15 | 4 | - |
| Cancer, malignant | 29 | 20 | 46 | 72 | 91 | 66 | 14 | - | |||||||
| disease | 338 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 208 | 126 | ||||||||
| Bronchitis | 383 | 49 | 17 | 2 | - | 103 | 212 | 42 | 36 | 69 | 77 | 96 | 48 | 15 | |
| Pneumonia | 156 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 78 | 31 | 19 | 25 | 29 | 25 | 31 | 20 | 7 | 214 |
| Pleurisy | 14 | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Other diseases of Respiratory Organs | 262 | 72 | 73 | 7 | 1 | 57 | 52 | 32 | 45 | 54 | 56 | 41 | 26 | 8 | - |
| Alcoholism | 30 | - | - | - | - | 26 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | - |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 49 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 9 | - | - |
| Venereal diseases | 31 | 17 | 2 | - | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - |
| Premature birth | 134 | 134 | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 25 | - | - |
| Diseases and Accidents of partruition | 15 | - | - | - | 1 | 14 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | - |
| Heart diseases | 354 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 179 | 146 | 29 | 26 | 65 | 59 | 93 | 73 | 9 | 225 |
| Accidents | 110 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 24 | 16 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 89 |
| Suicides | 36 | - | - | - | 3 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | - | - |
| All other causes | 1675 | 275 | 47 | 21 | 34 | 407 | 491 | 116 | 103 | 212 | 241 | 284 | 234 | 58 | 1190 |
| All causes | 4341 | 829 | 434 | 118 | 147 | 1626 | 1187 | 439 | 477 | 796 | 815 | 967 | 697 | 150 | 2011 |