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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 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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Summary of Table III. (Appendix) showing the number
of deaths from the diseases in the Classes and Orders.
CLASS I. SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES
| No. of Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Order 1. Miasmatic Diseases | 336 | |
| 2. Diarrhoeal ,, | 103 | |
| 3. Malarial „ | ... | |
| 4. Zoogenous ,, | ... | |
| 5. Venereal ,, | 29 | |
| 6. Septic ,, | 32 | |
| 500 | ||
| II. PARASITIC DISEASES | 4 | |
| III. DIETETIC DISEASES | 24 | |
| IV. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES | 504 | |
| V. DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES | 175 | |
| VI. LOCAL DISEASES— | ||
| 1. Diseases of Nervous system | 305 | |
| 2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | 5 | |
| 3. Diseases of Circulatory System | 219 | |
| 4. Diseases of Respiratory System | 671 | |
| 5. Diseases of Digestive System | 182 | |
| 6. Diseases of Lymphatic System | — | |
| 7. Diseases of Glandlike Organs of uncertain use | 2 | |
| 8. Diseases of Urinary System | 68 | |
| 9. Diseases of Reproductive System — | ||
| 11 | ||
| b. Diseases of Parturition | 7 | |
| 0. Diseases of Locomotive system | 5 | |
| 11. Diseases of Integumentary System .. | 6 | |
| 1481 | ||
| VII. VIOLENCE— | ||
| 1. Accident or Negligence | 61 | |
| 2. Battle | ... | |
| 3. Homicide | 1 | |
| 4. Suicide | 16 | |
| 5. Execution | ... | |
| 78 | ||
| VIII. ILL-DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES | ... | 150 |
| Total | ... | 2916 |