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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 1861

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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Table: KENSINGTON PARISH. DISEASES AND AGES AT DEATH DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1861.

KENSINGTON PARISH. DISEASES AND AGES AT DEATH DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1861.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 20 Years.20 & under 4040 & under 6060 & under 8080 & upwardTotal of all AgeCAUSES OF DEATH.Under 20 Years.20 & under 4040 & 60 & under under 60 8080 & upwardsTota of all Age.
01234510150123461015
Class I.—Order I.
1 Small Pox........................Small Pox..............05 Ulceration of Intestine........................Ulc. Intest
2 Measles51752............Measles............296 Hernia........................Hernia............0
3 Scarlitana...44...............Scarlitana............167 Ileus........................Ileus............0
4 Quinsy........................Quinsy............08 Intussusception........................Intussus......1...1
5 Croup3...12...1......Croup............89 Stricture of Intestines........................Strict. Intes............0
6 Whooping Cough5431............Wh. Cough.............1310 Fistula........................Fistula............0
7 Typhus........................Typhus............011 Stomach D, & c.........................Stomach D............0
8 Erysipelas1.....................Erysipelas............112 Pancreas D., & c.........................Pancreas D.......1...1
9 Metria........................Metria............013 Hepatitis........................Hepatitis............0
10 Carbuncle........................Carbuncle............014 Jaundice........................Jaundice1.........1
11 Influenza......1...............Influenza............185 Liver D., & c.........................Liver D.......1...1
12 Dysentery........................Dysentery............016 Spleem D., & c.........................Spleen D...23...6
13 Diarrbœa7.....................Diarrhcea1...1...10Order v.....................................0
14 Cholera........................Cholera............01 Nephritis..................1...Nephritis12
15 Ague........................Ague............02 Ischuria...........................Ischuria............0
16 Fever2111...2......Fever............83 Nephria........................Nephria............0
17 Rhematism........................Rheumatism...1......04 Diabetes........................Diabates............0
Order II.4 Diabetes 5 Stone........................Stone............0
1 Syphilis........................Syphilis............06 Crystitis........................Cystitis............0
2 Stricture of Urethra........................Strict. Uret.............07 Kidney D., & c.........................Kidney D.............0
3 Hydrophibia........................Hydrophibia.............0Order VI.........................Over Drop21...3
4 Glanders........................Glanders............01 Ovarian Dropsy
Order III.2 Uterus D., & c.........................Uterus D.............0
1 Privation........................Privation............0Order VII.........................Arthiritis11......2
2 Want of Breast milk1.....................Wt. of Milk.............11 Arthritis...
3 Purpura and Scurvy........................Purpura............02 Joint D., & c.........................Joint D.............0
4 Alcohol.a. Del. Trem........................A. Del Tr.............0Order VIII.........................Phlegmon...1......1
b. Intemp.........................Intern.............01 Phlegmon1Ulcer
Order IV.2 Ulcer........................Skin D....21...4
1 Thrush1.....................Thrush............1............... . 3 Skin D., & c......................Prem Birth............0
2 Worms........................Worms............0Class IV.— Order I.........................Cyanosis............0
Class II.—order I.1 Premature Birth
1 Gout1.....................Gout......1...12 Cyanosis9.....................Spina Bifid............9
2 Biopsy........................Dropsy114173 Spina Bifida........................Oth. Malf............0
3 Cancer........................Cancer1631114 Other malformations....................................0
4 Noma........................Noma............05 Teething........................Teeth....1......2
5 Mortification........................Mortif............0Order II.21..................Paramen............3
Order II.
1 Paramenia
1 Scrofula........................Scorfula............02 Childbirth.....................Childbirth............0
2 Tabes Mesentriea.321...............Tabes Mes............6Order III.........................Old Age............0
3 Phthisis,131.........18Phthisis45177...691 Old Age.
4 Hydrocephalus2121............Hydseph.............6Order IV.........................Atro. Deb...215...19
Cuss II.—Order I....Fract. Con.
1 Antro. and Deb.2Gun-shot W
1 Cephalitis.....................1Cephalitis............1Class V.—Order I.11..................Cut, Stab21......16
2 Apoplexy1...1...............Apoplexy13......6(Accident or Negligence)Buras, &c.
3 Paralysis........................Paralysis......9...91 Fract. and Cont.Poison
4 Insanity........................Insanity............02 Gun-shot........................Drowning............0
5 Chorea........................Chorea............0 03 Cut, Stab........................Suffocation............0
6 Epilepsy........................Epilepsy............04 Burns and Scalds........................Otherwise............0
7 Convulsions9411...111' Convulsions1.........195 Poison.................................11
8 Brain........................Brain D624...126 Drowning....................................0
Order III.7 Suffocation........................Mur. & Man............0
1 Perecarditis........................Pericarditis............08 Otherwise........................Gun-shot W............0
2 Aneurism........................Aneurism............0Order III.*—(Homicide)........................Cut, Stab............0
3 Heart D., sqc................11...Heart D.1312...181 Mur. and MansPoison
Order III.Order IV.—(Suicide)1.....................Drowding............1
1 Laryngitis........................Laryngitis............01 Gun-shot W...Hanging
2 Bronctitis128...2...22...Bronchitis314195672 Cut, Stab....................................0
3 Pleurisy........................Pleurisy............03 Poison........................Otherwise............0
4 Pneumonia2 ...3 ...2 ...1 ...1 13 ...... 11 ...Pneumon Asthma5 ...41 1... ...234 Drowning 5 Hanging... ...... ...... ...... ......... .........Hanging... ...... .........0 2
5 Asthma 6 Laug D., & c.............1...1...Lung D1... 33...36 Otherwise........................Oth. Viol2.........0
Order IV....10Order V.—(Exceution)........................Sub. Deaths............
1 Gastiritis........................Gastritis............1Hanging......Not Spec0
2 Enteritis........................Enteritis111...3Other Viol. Deaths (not classed.)....................................0
3 Peritonitis........................Peritonitis311...5Sudden Deaths cause unastd....................................0
4.Ascites........................Ascites...1...... ...1Cause not specified or ill-defined.... 2... 2... 1... ...... ...... ...... ...... ......... 1... 1... 18

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* Ordor II,, comprising Violent Deaths in Battle is omitted, as inapplicable to the civil population.