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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 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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Mortality in each Sub-District in the Parish of Lambeth in the
52 weeks ending January 1st, 1887.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Waterloo Road 1st | Waterloo Road 2nd | Lambeth Church 1st | Lambeth Church 2nd | Kennington First | Kennington Second | Brixton | Norwood | Not stated | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 323 | 355 | 435 | 918 | 907 | 657 | 1075 | 289 | 343 | 5302 |
| Small Pox | — | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Measles | 5 | 7 | 17 | 48 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 12 | - | 137 |
| Searlet Fever | 5 | 3 | - | 8 | 20 | 11 | 2 | - | 56 | |
| Typhus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Influenza | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 17 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 22 | 38 | 51 | 10 | 8 | 196 |
| Diphtheria | I | 9 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 61 |
| Croup | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | — | - | 24 |
| Simple and undefined Fever | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 6 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 2 | — | 29 | |
| Simple Cholera | — | — | I | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 19 | 18 | 25 | 42 | 22 | 42 | 11 | - | 238 | |
| Remittent Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | — | - | - | - | 4 |
| Glanders | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| Pyaemia Septicaemia | - | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | — | 8 | 1 | - | 25 |
| Other Zymotic Diseases | —— | —— | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Thrush | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 13 |
| Venereal Affections | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 29 |
| Starvatn. want of breast milk- | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Alcoholism, Delirium Tre. | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Rheu. Fr.,Rheu. of the Heart | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| Rheumatism | - | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Gout | — | — | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 10 |
| Rickets | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 8 |
| Cancer | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 24 | 29 | 58 | 16 | 11 | 178 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 69 | |
| Scrofula, Tuberculosis | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 64 |
| Other Constitutional Dis | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | - | 25 |
| Premature Birth | 11 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 8 | - | 134 |
| Atelectasis | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 5 |
| Congen. Malformations | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | 17 |
| Old Age | 5 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 27 | 44 | 15 | 47 | 201 |
| Tubercular Meningitis | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 4 | - | 75 |
| Apoplexy | 10 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 27 | 13 | 16 | 143 |
| Epilepsy | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 41 |
| Convulsions | 24 | 15 | 10 | 41 | 41 | 22 | 32 | 8 | - | 193 |
| Other Diseases of Brain,&c. | 16 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 40 | 36 | 72 | 16 | 41 | 292 |