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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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, The Vestry of the Parish of]
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TABLE U.
Shewing Classification of certain Causes of Deaths (uncorrected)
in Lambeth, compared with London, during
1899 and 1900.
A.—
| Lambeth. | London. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of total Deaths (uncorrected). | Percentage of total Deaths (uncorrected). | |||
| 1899. | 1900. | 1899. | 1900. | |
| I. Principal Zymotics | 12.9 | ... | 12.5 | 11.8 |
| Influenza. | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.3 |
| Measles | 2.8 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| Whooping Cough | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
| Diarrhœa and Dysentery | 4.1 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
| II. Rheumatic Fever and Heart Rheumatism | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| III. Diseases of Circulatory System. | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 8.5 |
| IV. Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy | 17.8 | 19.3 | 18.0 | 18.8 |
| Phthisis | 8.2 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 9.3 |
| V. Injuries | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
B.
| I. All Causes | 161.9 | 147.3 | 167 | 159.9 |