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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 1899

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1899

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Table: TABLE III.—(continued.)

TABLE III.—(continued.)

causes of death.0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.Kensington Town.Brompton.
VII—DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
1.—Accident or Negligence.
Fractures and Contusions441237711572853449
Gun-shot Wounds.............................................
Cut, Stab.............................................
Burn, Scald..42111..i........41091
Poison...1..........................11...1
Drowning............................................
Suffocation2531...1...1............2831301
Otherwise11............1i.........2431
2.—Homicide.
Manslaughter......1...........................11...
Murder.............................................
3.—Suicide....
Gun-Shot Wounds.........3.........11.........532
Cut, Stab.........................................
Poison............2...2...1.........532
Drowning...............1.................11...
Hanging..................1..............11...
Otherwise..........................................
4.—Execution.
Hanging............................................
301356791214772431129517
VIII.—DEATHS FROM ILL-DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES.
Dropsy.................111.........33...
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition9912............................1111111038
Mortification...................211......422
Tumour...1............1............122...
Abscess1..............2...........1312
Hemorrhage............1....................11...
Sudden Death (Cause not ascertained).............................................
Causes not specified or ill-defined2......1......221......2853
10213...11...6531...11513211715