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 Kensington Borough]
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The diseases described in the above list as the " principal zymotic diseases " are small pox,
measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, whooping cough, enteric fever (including fever not otherwise
defined) and diarrhoea.
The following table shows the zymotic death rate for Kensington and London in each of the last five years.
Deaths from principal zymotic diseases per 1,000 persons living. | ||
---|---|---|
Period. | Kensington | London. |
1927 | 0.36 | 0.41 |
1928 | 0.64 | 0.69 |
1929 | 0.78 | 0.57 |
1930 | 0.62 | 0.58 |
1931 | 0.34 | 0.33 |
Cancer.—Cancer caused 333 deaths, and of this number 309 occurred in persons over the
age of 45 years. Carcinoma was the form of cancer to which 281 deaths were attributed ; sarcoma
and epithelioma were the assigned causes of 22 deaths; 30 deaths were certified as due to cancer
or malignant disease without further definition.
The parts of the body which were affected in each case are shown in the following trable:-
DEATHS FROM CANCER, 1931.
Parts affected. | Sex. | Total. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male. | Female. | ||||
Buccal cavity | 7 | 5 | 12 | ||
Lungs | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||
Stomach, liver, etc. | 55 | 58 | 113 | ||
Peritoneum, intestines, rectum | 38 | 41 | 79 | ||
Female genital organs | 38 | 38 | |||
Breast | 36 | 36 | |||
Skin | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Other and unspecified organs | 20 | 21 | 41 | ||
Totals | 127 | 206 | 333 |
The deaths in the several wards, etc., are set out in the following table :—
The Borough | 333 |
North Kensington | 156 |
South Kensington | 177 |
Wards. | |
St. Charles | 42 |
Golborne | 41 |
Norland | 40 |
Pembridge | |
Holland | |
Earl's Court | 44 |
Queen's Gate | 17 |
Redcliffe | 46 |
Brompton | 21 |
Ward unknown | 11 |
The number of deaths from this disease was 22 more than in the previous year. |