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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 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 IV.
Showing the number of Deaths at all ages in 1895, from
certain groups of Diseases; and proportions to 1000 of Population,
and to 1000 Deaths from all causes: also the number
of Deaths of Infants under one year of age, from other
groups of Diseases; and proportions to 1000 Births, and to
1000 Deaths from all causes under one year.
TABLE IV.
| Division I. (Adults.) | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 of Population, at all ages. | Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths at all ages. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Principal Zymotic Diseases | 322 | 1.9 | 117 |
| 2. Pulmonary Diseases | 574 | 3.4 | 209 |
| 3. Principal Tubercular Diseases | 322 | 1.9 | 117 |
| Division II (Infants under one year.) | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 of Births. | Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths under one year. |
| 4. Wasting Diseases | 178 | 49.1 | 285 |
| 5. Convulsive Diseases | 60 | 16.6 | 96 |
NOTES.
1. Includes Small-pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whoopingcough.
Typhus Fever, Enteric (or Typhoid) Fever, Simple Continued
Fever, and Diarrhoea. Seventy-two of the deaths occurred in
Hospitals without the Parish.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Tuberculosis, Rickets, and Tabes.
4. Includes Debility, Atrophy, Inanition, Want of Breast-milk, and Premature
Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and Teething.
(In Table 111., Hydrocephalus and Infantile Meningitis are classified
with tubercular diseases, Convulsions with diseases of the nervous
system, and Teething with diseases of the digestive system)