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Lambeth 1908

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

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Table: TABLE P.TABLE P.Shewing the number of Deaths (corrected) from the 7 principal zymotic diseases in the old Parish of Lambeth and in London,in the ten years 1891—1900, and in the new Borough of Lambeth and in London during 1908.

TABLE P.

TABLE P.

Shewing the number of Deaths (corrected) from the 7 principal zymotic diseases in the old Parish of Lambeth and in London,

in the ten years 1891—1900, and in the new Borough of Lambeth and in London during 1908.

Disease.1891189218931894189518961897189818991900Annual average of ten years 1891 —1900 (old Parish).Proportion of Deaths to 1000 total Deaths (corrected) in 10 yrs.Total (corrected) Deaths in 1908.Proportion of Zymotic Deaths to 1000 Total Deaths (corrected) 1908
Smallpox–15122—–——1.10.2——
Diphtheria76127172138103129138108153101124.523.034410.1
Membranous Croup2911491177626.81-320.5
Scarlet Fever4676696453634230252048.89.03429.7
FeverTyphus1–1––1–———0.30.06——
Typhoid or Enteric2822364626242635505434.76.481.8
.Simple Continued724021–––11.70.3——
Measles12818711318215118513913316969145.626.910123.2
Whooping Cough23913515111013214014415913097143.726.65011.5
Diarrhœa (and Cholera)166167205142263152238254249153198.936.815034.6
Borough of Lambeth693726767687741708734726782497706.1130.639791.5
County of London967511983132231154411467140091152512482111471013611575.3130.8659997.9