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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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TABLE U.
table of DEATHS for the Year 1896, in the Lambeth District, classified according to diseases, a ges and localities.
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics ; public institutions being shewn as separate localities. (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.) | Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages. | Mortality | rom subjoined causes, distinguishing dbaths ofchildren under flve years of age. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |||||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarhæa nd Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Influenza. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | ||||||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (b) | (e) | (h) | (i) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Western Hospital | 208 | 9 | 95 | 79 | 13 | 12 | Under 5 | 66 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 104 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 20 | 50 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 104 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Remainder of Brixton. | 1026 | 272 | 135 | 39 | 21 | 340 | 219 | Under 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 38 | 31 | 6 | 51 | 3 | 13 | 213 | 407 | ||||||||||||
| 5 upwd.- | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 94 | 80 | 75 | 12 | 10 | 315 | 619 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lambeth Old Workhouse Schools | 4 | 3 | 1 | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jews' Hospital | 1 | 1 | Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| British Home for Incurables | 5 | 3 | 2 | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Remainder of Norwood | 278 | 69 | 40 | 13 | 9 | 84 | 64 | Under 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 109 | |||||||||||||||
| upwds. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 90 | 170 | ||||||||||||||||||
| totals | 5370 | 1371 | 817 | 278 | 187 | 1763 | 954 | Under 5 | 71 | 113 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 176 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 316 | 5 | 11 | 99 | 108.1 | 2188 | ||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 28 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 429 | 451 | 162 | 148 | 1519 | 3182 | |||||||||||||||
| The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto | 433 | 40 | 71 | 40 | 34 | 195 | 53 | Under 5 | 2 | 22 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 29 | 111 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 9 | 33 | 25 | 171 | 322 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the distr.ict among persons not belonging thereto | 705 | 98 | 156 | 105 | 54 | 238 | 54 | Under 5 | 49 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 109 | 253 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 20 | 47 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 21 | 28 | 1 | 45 | 228 | 452 | |||||||||||||||||||