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Kensington 1880

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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TABLE III.

Deaths registered from all causes during the year 1880.

(Exclusive of the Deaths of non-parishioners at the Brompton Consumption Hospital. VideReport, page 77).

CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total " deaths under Five.Total.sub-DISTRICTS.
Under 1.1 to 2.2 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25. i25 to 85.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 to 95.95 and upwards.Kensington Town.Brompton.
(classes)
I. ZYMOTIC DISEASES195105985822161413121452139855547283
II. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES8146403653728364513384...167571461110
III. LOCAL2421008227233910012116921113723...42412741023251
IV. DEVELOPMENTAL1831353651284015520128424044
V. VIOLENT DEATHS14643686521......2055469
CAUSES NOT SPECIFIED OR ILL-DEFINED423......1......2...1......91616...
71266234125104140210206241270192444121927552258497
I. ZYMOTIC DISEASES. Order 1.—miasmatic.
Varicella...................................................
Small-pox11.........1..................2312
Measl2827109...1.....................6575741
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)41145193......1...............60836914
Diphtheria46111........................1022211
Quinsy...................................................
Croup42"46...........................1016133
Whooping-cough31342271........................87957520
Typhus......12............1............1413
Enteric or Typhoid Fever...113851...21......224177
Simple continued Fever1111......1............2541
Erysipelas2...1...1...2354411324231
Puerperal Fever (Metria)............463.....................13103
Carbuncle...................................................
Influenza................................................
Dysentery...........................1.........1...2...
Diarrhoea97216.........1...11...1...12412811117
Simple Cholera............1...........................22
Ague...............1........................11...
Remittent Fever...................................................
Rheumatism...11114323216124
Other Zymotic Diseases...................................................
Pyaemia............1.........12............431
Order 2.—enthbtic.
Syphilis121.................................1313112
Stricture of Urethra........................1...............1......
Hydrophobia...................................................
Glanders...................................................
Order 3.—dietic.
Privation...1.....................1.........122
Want of Breast Milk4.......................................4...1
Purpura and Scurvy1....................................11...1
Alcoholisma Del. 1 remens..........................................1......
b Intemperance..................23..................55...
Order 4.— parasitic.
Thrush10......1...........................1011101
Worms, &c...................................................
195105985822161413121452139855547283
II. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES. Order 1.—diathetic.
Gout ................1.........1............211
Dropsy1...1.........111...1...166...
Cancer............121215262382...1906525
Cancrum Oris (Noma)................................................
Mortification........................23...1......66...
Order 2.—tubercular.
Scrofula and Tuberculosis136783...4...1............2642348
Tabes Mesenterica391753...........................616461...
Phthisis2447...6748215.........627221656
Hydrocephalus and Tubercular Meningitis282024152........................72897217
8146403653728364513384...167571461110
III. LOCAL DISEASES. Order 1.—nervous system.
Cephalitis......2...1...2...1......1...2752
Apoplexy............127111325201......806515
paralysis..................57810113......443410
Insanity...........................2............211
Chorea...................................................
Epilepsy.........2...1211.........1410...
Convulsions8015102........................10510719
Brain Disease, &o.21341195121761662548
Order 2.—organs op circulation.
Pericarditis......1.........1..................122...
Aneurism...............1...22...............55...
Heart Disease, &c.......1421018262640131...114110932
Order 3.—respiratory organs.
Spasm of the Glottis52.................................777...
Laryngitis.........1..............................1......
Bronchitis945941224152142555312...19440032179
Pleuris...............112..................65
Pneumonia27192054461112851...6612210418
Asthma..............................3.........1192
Lung Disease, &c.141...i226484...2...15483513
Order 4.—digestive organs.
Gastritis..................1112............55...
Enteritis3...2...1...12......59g1
Peritonitis1.........32332...1......115123
Ascites........................1..................1...
Ulceration of Intestines.....................1...1.........22...
Hernia......1............131............862
Ileus..................1123...1......853
Intussusception11...2...........................2.........
Stricture of Intestines...................................................
Fistula...................................................
Stomach Disease, &c.32......1.........11.........588...
Pancreas Disease, &c...................................................
Hepatitis..............................1.........11...
Jaundice3.........11......332......3...112
Liver Disease, &c.2............4710...112......2463511
Spleen Disease, &c.........................1...............11...
Order 5.—urinary organs.
Nephritis............1...1.....................211
Ischuria..........................................
Bright's Disease (Nephria).........21349873.........37289
Diabetes..................1...122.........6...
Calculus (Stone)...........................1.........11...
Cystitis..............................2.........44...
Kidney Disease, &c.......11...11...495......122157
Order 6.—organs op generation.
Ovarian Dropsy.....................3111.........615
Uterus Disease, &c...................1...2...............321
Order 7.—organs op locomotion.
Synovitis (Arthritis...........................1............1...1
Joint Disease, &c............................1............1...1
Order 8.—integumentary system.
Phlegmon4...............3..................477...
Ulcer...................................................
Skin Disease,2.....................11.........244...
242100822723391001211692111372342412741023251
IV. DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES. Ord.fr 1.—TITSRASRS of children.
Premature Birth55....................................555547
cyanosis4....................................441
Spina Bifida7.................................777
Other Malformation...................................................
Teething1553..............................2323203
Order 2.—diseases op adults.
Paramenia...................................................
Childbirth (see Puerperal Fever)............265.....................1394
Order 3.—diseases op old people.
Old Age........................2840153...685513
Order 4.— DISEASES OF nutrition.
Atrophy and Debility10282...1......1...............1121149915
183135...3651284015320128424044
V. VIOLENT DEATHS, &c. Order 1.- Accident or Negligence
Fractures and Contusions1...232123311......319163
Wounds......1.........2..................13...
Burns and Scalds......2.................................33...
Poison......1......2........................321
Drowning.........l..............................22...
Suffocation12....................................1212111
Otherwise...................................................
* Order 3.—homicide.
Murder and Manslaughter..................1.....................11...
Order 4.—suicide.
Wounds: Gunshot, Cut, Stab...............2...3..................523
Poison........................1...............211
Drowning........................11............22...
Hanging...............2.....................22...
Otherwise............1...........................11...
Order 5.—execution.
Hanging...................................................
Violent Deaths (not classed)...................................................
Sudden Deaths (Cause unascertained)14...6'43686521......205546...
Causes not specified or ill U define423......1...1221......91616...
CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 1.1 to 2.2 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35. |35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 to 95.95 and upwards.Total deaths under Five.Grand TotalKensing- on Town.Brompton.
AGES.Sub-Districts
* Order 2, comprising Violent Deaths in battle, is omitted as inapplicable to the civil population.