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Kensington 1893

The annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year 1893

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Death, Assigned Causes of—continued. page
Zymotic Diseases:
Small-Pox, in Kensington and in London 25
,, Endemic of, at North Kensington 26
,, Difficulty in diagnosis of 36
Measles, in Kensington and in London 41
,, Should it be made Notifiable ? 42
Scarlet Fever, in Kensington and in London 43
,, Tables shewing Notifications ; Admissions to Hospitals,
and Deaths, in Kensington and in
London; and Cases in Hospitals at end of
thirteen consecutive four-weekly periods,
1892-1893 44
,, Illustrative Examples of; Shewing how the
Disease is spread by Exposure of the Sick 46
,, Statistical Returns of Cases of; recorded in Kensington,
1883-1893 (Tables) 48
Diphtheria 51
,, Decrease in Case-mortality of 51
„ In London 52
,, Statistical Table of Cases in Kensington, in 1893 S3
Whooi'INC.-Cough, in Kensington and in London 54
Fever, in Kensington and in London 55
Diarrhœa, in Kensington and in London 55
Cholera; Precautions taken against 56
,, Local Government Board's Action with reference to 56
Influenza 59
Table shewing Number of Deaths from, in Kensington and in
London, in thirteen four-weekly periods 60
Venereal Diseases 61
Septic Diseases: Puerperal Fever 61
Parasitic Diseases 63
Dietetic Diseases 63
,, ,, Alcoholism 63
Constitutional Diseases 63
,, ,, Cancer 64
,, „ Tubercular 65
Developmental Diseases 67
Local Diseases 67
,, Nervous System, Diseases of 67
,, Circulatory System ,, 68
„ Respiratory ,, ,, 69
,, Digestive ,, „ 70
„ Urinary „ „ 70
,, Reproductive „ ,, 70