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Lambeth 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, The Vestry of the Parish of]

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6. Diseases of the Reproductive System, Integumentary
System, Locomotive System, Lymphatics,.
Organs of Special Senses, etc., caused together
95 deaths.
Class VII.—Deaths from Violence.
211 deaths in all, including 182 from Accidents, 25 from
Burns and Ncalds, 13 from Drowning, 50 from Suffocation
in bed (45 being infants under 1 year), 21 from
Suicide, and 8 from Homicide.
Class VIII.— Other Causes.
252 deaths were registered in this class, consisting of
deaths from Dropsy, Tumours, Haemorrhages, or other
ill-defined or non-specified causes.
Different rates of mortality from different diseases or
groups of diseases (also sub-divided as to Districts) are
given in terms of the total deaths in Tables R and S ;
whilst Table R gives also the deaths from the chief Infantile
Diseases, expressed in terms of the infantile population
(or number of births) * Allowing for the slight differences
between corrected and uncorrected death returns, it will be
noted that, in regard to infantile diseases, Lambeth compares
favourably with London—in only one case (i.e..
Dentition) is the Lambeth rate higher.
* (Vide also pages 17—20).