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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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TABLE
Shewing Classification of Causes of deaths (corrected) in the Borough of Lambeth during 1907 and 1908.
A.—Total Deaths from all causes and at all ages with percentages of deaths to total deaths (corrected).
| Class of Disease. | Borough 1908. | Borough. 1907. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Deaths (corrected). | Percentage of Total Deaths (corrected). | No. of Deaths (corrected). | Percentage of Total Deaths (corrected). | |
| I.—Zymotic Diseases | 529 | i2.2 | 502 | 10.8 |
| Seven Principal | 397 | 9.1 | 379 | 8.1 |
| Influenza | 65 | 1.5 | 39 | 0.8 |
| II.—Parasitic | 2 | 0.05 | 3 | 0.06 |
| III.—Dietetic | 34 | 0.8 | 36 | 0.8 |
| IV.—Constitutional | i031 | 23.8 | 1043 | 22.4 |
| Cancer | 338 | 7.8 | 326 | 7.01 |
| Phthisis | 441 | 10.2 | 465 | 9.9 |
| Tubercular Diseases, ex cluding Phthisis | 160 | 3.7 | 148 | 3.2 |
| Rheumatism (Acute and Chronic) and Gout | 23 | 0.5 | 45 | 0.9 |
| V.—Developmental | 296 | 6.8 | 313 | 6.7 |
| Old Age | 113 | 2.6 | 110 | 2.5 |
| VI.—Local Diseases | 2162 | 49.8 | 2417 | 51.9 |
| Circulatory System | 472 | 10.9 | 517 | 11. 1 |
| Bronchitis | 383 | 8.8 | 480 | 10.3 |
| Pheumonia and Broncho- Pneumonia | 318 | 7.3 | 338 | 7.3 |
| Pleurisy and Pleuro-Pneu monia | 54 | 1.2 | 48 | 1.03 |
| Respiratory System, ex cluding Phthisis | 816 | 18.8 | 932 | 20.03 |
| VII.—Violence | 139 | 3.2 | 190 | 4.1 |
| Suicide | 36 | 0.8 | 32 | 0.7 |
| VIII.—Other Causes | 138 | 3.2 | 148 | 3.2 |