London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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years, 93 : at 60 and upwards, 43. The cause of death is
stated to have been ascertained by post-mortem examination
in 128 cases. Ten of the subjects of inquisition were
illegitimate infants.
The Deaths from Violence were 78, of which 24
belong to the Brompton sub-district.
The grounds for holding inquests are, usually, the suddenness
of death, or the circumstance that death had been caused
by violence. In many instances the Coroner's returns show
that the deceased had been " found dead," in bed or otherwise.
The Causes of death may be classified as follows :—
| Deaths caused by disease | – | 132 |
| Deaths caused by violence— | ||
| Accidental | 61 | |
| Suicidal | 16 | |
| Homicidal | 1 | |
| — | 78 | |
| Total | 210 | |
The fatal diseases may be classified as follows :
| Diseases of the brain and nervous system (including convulsions, 5) | 24 |
| Diseases of the circulatory and respiratory systems | 68 |
| Other visceral diseases | 7 |
| Tubercular diseases, including phthisis | 8 |
| " Syncope" | 2 |
| Debility | 9 |
| Zymotic diseases (diarrhoea, 2 ; measles, and whooping-cough, 1 each) | 4 |
| Other causes | 10 |
| 132 |