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]
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Deaths belonging to each Sub-registration District of Lambeth, registered in the 52 weeks ending 2nd January, 1892
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Waterloo Road, 1st | Waterloo Road, 2nd | Lambeth Church. 1st | Lambeth Church 2nd | Kenningtn First | Kenningtn. Second | Brixton. | Norwood. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Causes | 423 | 443 | 468 | 987 | 1092 | 802 | 1335 | 336 | 5886 | |
Small Pox | Vaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Unvaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
No statement | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Measles | 10 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 30 | 5 | 128 | |
Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | 5 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 46 | |
Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Influenza | 15 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 18 | 42 | 7 | 131 | |
Whooping Cough | 17 | 30 | 33 | 45 | 30 | 25 | 52 | 7 | 239 | |
Diphtheria | 5 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 78 | |
Simple and undefined Fever | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 7 | |
Enteric Fever | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Simple Cholera | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
Diarrhoea, Dysentry | 21 | 12 | 17 | 40 | 30 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 165 | |
Remittent Fever | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |
Hydrophobia | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
Glanders | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Cow Pox and Vaccination | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | |
Venereal Affections | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | ... | 27 | |
Erysipelas | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |
Pyaemia Septicaemia | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | 6 | |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | |
Other Zymotic Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | |
Thrush | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 8 | |
Worms and other Par. Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
Starvation, want of breast milk | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 8 | |
Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens | 1 | ... | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ... | 19 | |
Rheumatic Fr., Rheu. of the Heart | ... | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 22 | |
Rheumatism | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 5 | |
Gout | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | |
Rickets | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
Cancer | 9 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 25 | 44 | 58 | 18 | 205 | |
Tabes Mesenterica | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 67 | |
Tubercular Meningitis | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 84 | |
Phthisis | 29 | 30 | 35 | 65 | 89 | 58 | 132 | 27 | 165 | |
Scrofula, Tuberculosis | 6 | ... | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 50 | |
Other Constitutional Diseases | ... | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 39 | |
Premature Birth | 10 | 14 | 10 | 28 | 19 | 19 | 45 | 12 | 157 | |
Atelectatis | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
Congen. Malformations | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 30 | |
Old Age | 11 | 13 | 10 | 35 | 49 | 38 | 50 | 14 | 220 | |
Apoplexy | 10 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 30 | 26 | 49 | 15 | 168 | |
Epilepsy | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 24 | |
Convulsions | 16 | 19 | 14 | 38 | 39 | 11 | 30 | 9 | 176 | |
Other Diseases of Brain, &c. | 10 | 12 | 17 | 52 | 62 | 47 | 65 | 14 | 279 |