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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The subjoined Table, a summary of Table III (Appendix), shews the number of deaths of parishioners in each Class and Order, according to the Registrar-General's re-arranged classification :—
No. of Deaths. | |
---|---|
1. Miasmatic diseases | 199 |
2. Diarrhoeal „ | 73 |
3. Malarial „ | |
4. Zoogenous „ | 1 |
5. Venereal „ | 28 |
6. Septic „ | 16 |
— 317 | |
II. PARASITIC DISEASES | 4 |
III. DIETETIC DISEASES | 18 |
IV. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES | 515 |
V. DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES | 178 |
VI. LOCAL DISEASES— | |
1. Diseases of Nervous system | 318 |
2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | 2 |
3. Diseases of Circulatory system | 188 |
4. Diseases of Respiratory system | 470 |
5. Diseases of Digestive system | 128 |
6. Diseases of Lymphatic system | 1 |
7. Diseases of Glandlike Organs of uncertain use | 2 |
8. Diseases of Urinary system | 83 |
9. Diseases of Reproductive system— | |
a. Diseases of Organs of Generation | 12 |
b. Diseases of Parturition | 7 |
10. Diseases of Locomotive system | 9 |
11. Diseases of Integumentary system | 3 |
— 1223 | |
VII. VIOLENCE— | |
1. Accident or Negligence | 47 |
2. Battle | |
3. Homicide | 2 |
4. Suicide | 17 |
5. Execution | 66 |
VIII. ILL-DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES... 91 | |
Total | 2412 |