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Lambeth 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE M. Shewing the number of Deaths (corrected) from the 7 principal zymotic diseases in the Borough of Lambeth during 1912, and during the decennium 1901—1910, together with the yearly averages for the two decennia 1891—1900 (Parish) and 1901— 1910 (Borough).
| Disease. | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | Annual average of ten years 1901—1910 (Borough). | Annual Average of ten years 1891—1900 (Parish). | Total (corrected) Deaths in 1912. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 4 | 60 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6.8 | 1.1 | — | |
| Scarlet Fever | 39 | 48 | 23 | 16 | 31 | 28 | 38 | 42 | 27 | 22 | 31.4 | 48.8 | 9 | |
| Diphtheria | 47 | 49 | 28 | 33 | 37 | 49 | 47 | 44 | 57 | 25 | 41.6 | 124.5 | 29 | |
| Membranous Croup | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 6.8 | — | |
| Fever | Typhus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.0 | 0.3 | — |
| Typhoid or Enteric | 23 | 38 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 16.7 | 34.7 | 13 | |
| Continued or Relapsing | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1 | |
| Diarrhœa | 272 | 159 | 160 | 265 | 176 | 268 | 71 | 150 | 118 | 90 | 172.9 | 196.5 | 82 | |
| Cholera | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | – | — | – | – | 1.3 | 8.8 | 1 | |
| Measles | 119 | 84 | 130 | 164 | 96 | 77 | 107 | 101 | 104 | 122 | 110.4 | 145.6 | 97 | |
| Whooping Cough | 115 | 118 | 126 | 109 | 79 | 71 | 111 | 50 | 85 | 54 | 91.8 | 143.7 | 55 | |
| Borough of Lambeth | 627 | 561 | 498 | 603 | 431 | 522 | 379 | 397 | 402 | 331 | 475.1 | 706.1 | 287 | |