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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36 Deaths from all causes, not defined in Table
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Waterloo Road, 1st | Waterloo Road, 2nd | Lambeth Church, 1st | Lambeth Church 2nd | Kenningtn. First | Kenningtn. Second | Brixton. | Norwood. | Total. |
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Influenza | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 21 | 57 | 19 | 142 |
Venereal Affections | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | ... | 22 | |
Pyaemia Septicaemia | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 |
Thrush | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 8 |
Worms and other Par. Diseases. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Starvation, want of breast milk | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 4 |
Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens | 2 | ... | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 21 |
Rheumatic Fr, Rheu. of the Heart | ... | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | ... | 25 |
Rheumatism | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ... | 9 |
Gout | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | 2 | 8 |
Rickets | ... | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 |
Cancer | 6 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 44 | 56 | 20 | 190 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 87 |
Tubercular Meningitis | 12 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 91 |
Phthisis | 35 | 32 | 43 | 84 | 95 | 64 | 124 | 29 | 506 |
Scrofula, Tuberculosis | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 50 |
Other Constitutional Diseases | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 28 |
Premature Birth | 5 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 21 | 18 | 37 | 19 | 147 |
Atelectatis | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ... | 11 |
Congen. Malformations | 2 | ... | ... | 6 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 34 |
Old Age | 8 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 39 | 42 | 52 | 22 | 211 |
Apoplexy | 6 | 10 | 3 | 31 | 28 | 31 | 43 | 12 | 174 |
Epilepsy | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
Convulsions | 9 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 30 | 12 | 149 |
Other Diseases of Brain, &c. | 11 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 36 | 56 | 13 | 204 |
Dis. Orgs., Special Sense | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | 9 |
Disease of Circulatory System | 21 | 31 | 29 | 51 | 55 | 72 | 31 | 380 | |
Bronchitis | 38 | 67 | 69 | 153 | 161 | 95 | 145 | 40 | 768 |
Pneumonia | 31 | 24 | 29 | 49 | 57 | 49 | 77 | 13 | 329 |
Pleurisy | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 4 | 10 |
Other Disease of Resp. System | 7 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 17 | 31 | 5 | 107 |