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]
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TABLE IV.
Showing Total Deaths from certain groups of Diseases and rate of mortality therefrom, &c.
Diseases. | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 of Population. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|
1.—Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases | 348 | 2.2 | 116 |
2.—Pulmonary Diseases (other than Phthisis) | 700 | 4.5 | 228 |
3.—Tubercular Diseases | 396 | 2.5 | 132 |
4.—Wasting Diseases of Infants (under 5) | 194 | 1.2 | 65 |
215 | 1.3 | 72 |
NOTES.
1.—Includes Small-Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping
Cough, "Fever," and Diarrhœa. (Twenty-six of the deaths
took place in Hospitals).
3.—Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, and Tabes,
4.—Includes Atrophy and Debility, Want of Breast Milk, and
Premature Birth.
5.—Includes Hydrocephalus and Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions and
Teething. (In Table III, Hydrocephalus and Infantile
Meningitis are included with Tubercular Diseases, raising the
total deaths in Order 2 of Class 2 "Constitutional Diseases"
to 499.)