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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 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, The Vestry of the Parish of]
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SUMMARY OF MORTALITY TABLE.
| No. of Deaths. | Total | No. of Deaths. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||
| I.—Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases. | 2217 | 2208 | 4425 | ||||
| 1. Miasmatic Diseases | 291 | 317 | 608 | 6. Diseases of Lymphatic System | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2. Diarrhœal „ | 80 | 77 | 157 | ||||
| 3. Malarial „ | ... | ... | ... | 7. Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use | 1 | ... | 1 |
| 4. Zoogenous „ | |||||||
| 5. Venereal „ | 21 | 13 | 34 | 8. Diseases of Urinary System. | 72 | 59 | 131 |
| 6. Septic „ | 21 | 17 | 38 | 9. Diseases of Reproductive System— | |||
| II.—Parasitic Diseases | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 17 | |
| III.—Dietic Diseases | 28 | 19 | 47 | (A) Diseases of Parturition | ... | 24 | 24 |
| 10. Diseases of Bones and Joints | 9 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| IV.—Constitutional Diseases | 537 | 480 | 1017 | 11. Diseases of Integumentary System | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| V.—Developmental Diseases | 190 | 219 | 409 | VII.—Violence. | |||
| VI.—Local Diseases | 1. Accident or Negligence | 119 | 63 | 182 | |||
| 1. Diseases of Nervous System | 247 | 247 | 494 | 2. Homicide | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | 11 | 5 | 16 | 3. Suicide | 18 | 3 | 21 |
| 3. Diseases of Circulatory System | 165 | 207 | 372 | 4. Execution | ... | ... | ... |
| 4. Diseases of Respiratory „ | 433 | 418 | 851 | VIII.—Ill-Defined and not Specified Causes. | 140 | 112 | 252 |
| 5. Diseases of Digestive System | 192 | 187 | 379 | ||||
| 2217 | 2208 | 4425 | Total | 2590 | 2508 | 5098 | |