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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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(L.)SUMMARY OF CORRECTED DEATHS.
| No. of Deaths. | Total. | No. of Deaths. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||
| Brought forward | 1871 | 1798 | 3669 | ||||
| 1. Miasmatic Diseases | 133 | 145 | 278 | ||||
| 2. Diarrhœal „ | 38 | 53 | 91 | ||||
| 3. Malarial „ | — | — | 6. Diseases of Lymphatic System | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 4. Zoogenous „ | — | — | —* | 7. Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 Venereal „ | 27 | 9 | 36 | ||||
| 6. Septic „ | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8. Diseases of Urinary System | 123 | 78 | 201 |
| 9. Diseases of Reproductive System (a) Diseases of Organs of Generation | 1 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | 5 | (6) Diseases of Parturition | - | 7 | 7 | |
| 10. Diseases of Bones and Joints | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| 532 | 464 | 996 | 11. Diseases of Integumentary System | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
| 119 | 168 | 287 | |||||
| 179 | 185 | 364 | 1. Accident or Negligence | 105 | 47 | 152 | |
| 1. Diseases of Nervous System | 2. Homicide | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3. Suicide | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| 4. Execution | — | — | — | ||||
| 3. Diseases of Circulatory System | 312 | 324 | 636 | 5. Air raid | 1 | — | 1 |
| 4. Diseases of Respiratory System | 423 | 347 | 770 | ||||
| 5. Diseases of Digestive System | 96 | 85 | 181 | 45 | 24 | 69 | |
| Carried forward | 1871 | 1798 | 3669 | Total | 2176 | 1992 | 4168 |