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Kensington 1895

The annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year 1895

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Table: TABLE III. Deaths registered from all causes in the year 1895. (Exclusive of the Deaths of Non-Parishioners at Public Institutions within the Parish, but inclusive of the Deaths of Parishioners at Public Institutions, etc., without the Parish.) For a Summary of this Table see Page 44.

TABLE III. Deaths registered from all causes in the year 1895. (Exclusive of the Deaths of Non-Parishioners at Public Institutions within the Parish, but inclusive of the Deaths of Parishioners at Public Institutions, etc., without the Parish.) For a Summary of this Table see Page 44.

CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total All Ages.SUB DISTRICT.
O to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 6565 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwardsKensington Town.Brompton
CLASSES.
I. SPECIFIC FEBRILE or ZYMOTIC DISEASES14614439101714142228311229047739087
II. PARASITIC DISEASES2..............................2220
III. DIETETIC DISEASES3.........1451.........314104
IV. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES28392535709398804219367532417115
V. DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES91...1............11945259118215428
VI. LOCAL DISEASES233124353861103167174232123293571,3191,064255
VII. DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE13128361110105332584617
VIII. DEATHS FROM ILL-DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES10881...133453211613812711
62432710986156228297292331224749512,7182,231517
I. SPECIFIC FEBRILE or ZYMOTIC DISEASES. 1.—Miasmatic Diseases.
Small-pox.............................................
Measles9231........................3233312
Scarlet Fever4176........................2127234
Typhus.............................................
Whooping-Cough12243........................3639327
Diphtheria1048254...1...1.........58897415
Simple Continued or III-defined Fever...1...........................111...
Enteric or Typhoid Fever......3342111.........15105
Other Miasmatic Diseases—Influenza5413789162529891158728
2.— Diarrhœal Diseases.
Simple Cholera.............................................
Diarrhæa, Dysentery8822.........111...2311011810117
3.— Malarial Diseases.
Remittent Fever.............................................
Ague.................................11...
4.—Zoogenous Diseases.
Cow-pox. and effects of Vaccination.............................................
Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia.Glanders Splenic Fever).............................................
5.—Venereal Diseases.
Syphilis152......11...............1719163
Gonorrhæa, Stricture of the Urethra.....................2............21I
6.—Septic Diseases.
Erysipelas21......111...2...13972
Pyæmia. Septicæmia12............21.........3633
Puerperal Fever............3.....................33...
14614439101714142228311229047739087
II.—PARASITIC DISEASES
Thrush, and other Vegetable Parasitic Diseases2..............................222...
Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Parasitic Diseases.............................................
2..............................222...
111. -DIETETIC DISEASES.
Want of Breast Milk—Starvation3..............................3321
Scurvy.....................1.....................
Chronic Alcoholism...............341............862
Delirium Tremens............111...............321
3.........1451.........314104
IV.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Rheumatic Fever. Rheumatism of the Heart......111321............981
Rheumatism.........1.........2............321
Gout........................2......2...2
Rickets15...........................6651
Cancer, Malignant Disease............321294028123...1369442
Tabes Mesenterica232........................577...
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus.11156...11...............2634304
Phthisis......4276160603191......25320746
Other forms of Tuberculosis. Scrofula14161044431.........3056479
Purpura, Hemorrhagic Diathesis......11...............1......33...
Anæmia, Chlorosis, Lencocythæmia...............11211......651
Glycosuria. Diabetes Mellitus......11...33332......1688
Other Constitutional Disease? ...........................1.........11...
28392535709398804219367532417115