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Lambeth 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table: LAMBETH BOROUGH-Deaths Registered from all Causes during the Year 1908 - continued.Note.—The Deaths of Non-Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated in the District are excluded, and the Deaths of Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated beyond the limits of the District are included.

LAMBETH BOROUGH-Deaths Registered from all Causes during the Year 1908 - continued.Note.—The Deaths of Non-Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated in the District are excluded, and the Deaths of Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated beyond the limits of the District are included.

1. — Parasitic DiseasesAGES.AGES.Total
Under 1 Year.1-5Under 5 Years5-1010-1515-2020-252540-6060-6565-8080 and over.Over 5 YearsAll Ages.
M.F.MFM.F.M.F.M.FM.F.MFMFMF.MF.MFM.F.M.FM.F.
Thrush, and other Vegetable Parasitic Diseases1.........1........................1.................................1112
Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Parasitic Diseases....................................................................................
III.—Dietetic Diseases..........4
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation22......22............................................................22...
Scurvy....................................................................................29
Chronic Alcoholism.............................................451222...3...17227221
Delirium Tremens..........................................1........................1...1...
IV.—Constitutional Diseases.............5
Rheumatic Fever...........................1......111221..................454...9
Rheumatism of the Heart.................................................................................6...
Rheumatism........................1.....................12...311......363...9
Gout................................................1...2...2.........5...525
Rickets523...82...................................................8......820510
Cancer, Malignant Disease.........1...1...1......1......1606080223039645...133204133...338
Cancum Oris (Noma).................................................................................9...
I abes Mesenterica7631071...1......1.........12...1...............52152224
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus94140231421...5...............21.....................382615148
Phthisis55429712228818158354124525l7202...2271154280...141
Scrofula.................................................................................28...
Other forms of Tuberculosis16266371252...21121765221...11...231660188
Purpura, Haemorrhagic Diathesis...................................................1.....................1...81
Anaemia, Chlorosis, Leucocythaemia..............................1...111353......21......108101318
Glycosuria, Diabetes Mellitus.............................................3751110311191319632
Other Constitutional Diseases..........................................1......1...1...41...2628
V.—Developmental Diseases..........
Premature Birth7361......7361............................................................7351134
Atelactasis1110......1110............................................................111021
Congenital Malformations107......017..................1.................................1...111728
Old Age...................................................111124184631823182113
VI.— Local Diseases.
1 Diseases of Nervous System.
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes8823101112......1............12.....................43141428
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis...21...12.....................233192991031509217111572117189
Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane..............................12116...185...223223015301545
Epilepsy..............................212...3241...221...13713720
Convulsions141...1148............................................................14822
Laryngismus Stridulus (Spasm of Glottis) Disease of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia,2...1...3...............................................................3...3
Paralysis Agitans...11...11........................33104221141127428543
Other Diseases of Nervous System1...11211...1......1......1131......3......577815
2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense. {e.g., of Ear, Eve. Nose)2231531211......1...13............1.........5610919