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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

Kensington 1909

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1909

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Table: TABLE VIII.—continued.

TABLE VIII.—continued.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Totals— All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5 years.Totals— Under Five Years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under35 years.35 and under 45 years.45 and under 55 years.55 and under 65 years.65 and under 75 years.75 and under85 years.85 yearsand upwards.Totals— Above Five Years.
TotalMFMFMFMFTotalMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFTotal
Brought forward897431466989670601681563241113202027264933445345584760174235263310573
GENERAL DISEASES—continued.
Atelectasis73434......347...............................................................
Malformation of Heart22...2.........2...2...............................................................
Malformation of Larynx1...1...1.........11...............................................................
Spina Bifida2...2...2......122...............................................................
Hydrocephalus2111......112...............................................................
Cleft Palatel1...1.........1...1...............................................................
Icterus Neonatorum3...3...3.........33...............................................................
Want of Breast Milk21111......112...............................................................
Atrophy, Debility Marasmus442519211841251944...............................................................
Indigestion76161...1617...............................................................
Dentition3...3...2......33...............................................................
Rickets3211...11213............................................................94
Old Age, Senile Decay943757...................................................1...89152413243757
Total for General Diseases10685095591341287564209192401111320202726493344534658556932661629300367667
DISEASES OF NERVOUS SYSTEM.
Convulsions71615......156...1...................................................11
Meningitis1610645......95141......1.........1...........................112
Apoplexy20614....................................1......31114241161420
Softening of Brain413......................................................1...12......134
Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis18108.......................................1.........42324......10818
General Paralysis of Insane15114..............................2......317...1......1............11415
Other forms of Insanity927....................................2...11......111...2......279
Chorea2...2........................1...1.............................................22
Cerebral Tumour431...........................2...............1......1..................314
Epilepsy1486311...415......1...............13...11...1......1459
Laryngismus Stridulus1...1...1.........11...............................................................
Locomotor Ataxy633...............221336
Paraplegia, Diseases of Spinal Cord1385...........................111...1...1...31...211......8513
Nervous System, Other Diseases16610.........1...111..................11...2311...41...6915
Total for Disesase of Nervous System145697681261141327224513531581111812717225563118
Carried forward12135786351421408165223205428131524252829543659615769638139831831355430785