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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 1912

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

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Table: TABLE S. Shewing Classification of Certain Causes of Deaths (uncorrected) in the Borough of Lambeth, during 1911 and 1912 given in percentages of the total uncorrected deaths. A.—Deaths at all Ages.

TABLE S. Shewing Classification of Certain Causes of Deaths (uncorrected) in the Borough of Lambeth, during 1911 and 1912 given in percentages of the total uncorrected deaths. A.—Deaths at all Ages.

Lambicth.
Percentage of total Deaths (uncorrected)
1911.1912.
I. Principal Zymotics13.78.2
Influenza0.80.9
Measles3.32.1
Whooping Cough1.21.1
Diarrhoei and Dysentery (including Cholera)7.32.03
11. Rheumatic Fever and Heart Rheumatism0.40.3
III. Diseases of Circulatory System11.310.4
IV, Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy15.516.9
Phthisis7.88.6
V. Injuries3.64.2
B—Deaths under i Year oj Age (per 1000 Births uncorrected).
All Causes113.0387.5