Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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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The ages at death were: under five years of age, 83
(including 61 under one year); between 5 and 20 years, there
were 10 deaths; between 20 and 60 years, 99 deaths; at
60 years and upwards, 44 deaths.
Among the principal causes of death were diseases of
the nervous system, 8 deaths; diseases of the respiratory
system, 78 deaths; diseases of the circulatory system, 9
deaths; other visceral diseases, 19 deaths; tubercular diseases,
42 deaths (including 36 from consumption); wasting diseases
of infants, 23 deaths; cancer, 7 deaths; syphilis, 4 deaths;
violence, 11 deaths, including 5 of infants from suffocation.
Two deaths of infants prematurely born were registered, and
2 deaths from old age. Inquests were held in 20 cases.
The deaths were connected with streets as follows:
Bangor Street, 57 deaths; Crescent Street, 48 deaths; St.
Katharine's Road 73 deaths; Kenley Street, 26 deaths;
Sirdar Road, 32 deaths.