Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, The Vestry of the Parish of]
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TABLE T.
Shewing Classification of Causes of Deaths in Lambeth
during 1900, compared with 1899.
A.—Total Deaths from all causes and at all ages, with percentages of deaths to total deaths (corrected).
Classof Disease. | Lambeth Parish. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
1900. | 1899. | |||
No. of Deaths (corrected). | Percentate of Total Deaths. | No. of Deaths (corrected). | Percentage of Total Deaths. | |
I.—Zymotic Diseases | 714 | 13.1 | 1033 | 17.6 |
Seven Principal | 497 | 9.2 | 782 | 13.3 |
Influenza | 152 | 2.8 | 151 | 2.6 |
II.—Parasitic | 4 | 00.7 | 2 | 00.3 |
III.—Dietetic | 46 | 0.8 | 41 | 0.7 |
IV.—Constitutional | 1092 | 20.1 | 1082 | 18.4 |
Cancer | 288 | 5.3 | 261 | 4.4 |
Phthisis | 516 | 9.5 | 525 | 8.1 |
Tubercular Diseases, excluding Phthisis | 205 | 3.8 | 205 | 3.5 |
Rheumatism (Acute and Chronic) and Gout | 32 | 0.6 | 41 | 0.7 |
V.—Developmental | 380 | 6.9 | 396 | 6.7 |
Old Age | 151 | 2.8 | 166 | 2.8 |
VI.—Local Diseases | 2780 | 51.2 | 2919 | 49.6 |
Circulatory System | 437 | 8.1 | 451 | 7.7 |
Bronchitis | 613 | 11.3 | 661 | 11.2 |
Pneumonia and Broncho-Pneumonia | 415 | 7.6 | 372 | 6.3 |
Pleurisy and Pleuropneumonia | 30 | 0.5 | 34 | 0.6 |
Respiratory System, excluding Phthisis | 636 | 11.7 | 1172 | 19.9 |
VII.—Violence | 195 | 3.6 | 182 | 3.1 |
Suicide | 23 | 0.4 | 24 | 0.4 |
VIII.— Other Causes | 219 | 4.03 | 231 | 3.9 |