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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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65
first and fourth or colder quarters, and 264 in the second and
third or warmer quarters of the year. The deaths included
315 of males, and 288 of females. The ages at death were:—
Under one year, 73 (as compared with 66, 81, and 64, in the
three preceding years respectively); between one and sixty,
309 (as compared with 226, 255, and 221, in the three preceding
years), and at sixty and upwards, 221 (as compared with
166, 157, and 212, in the three preceding years).

Table: SUMMARY OF CAUSES OF DEATHS, 1899.

SUMMARY OF CAUSES OF DEATHS, 1899.

DISEASES.Under 1 year.Between 1 year and 60 years.At 60 years & upwards.Total.
Nervous System, Diseases of2313265
Circulatory System, Diseases of...182644
Respiratory System, Diseases of910060169
Digestive System, Diseases of...261137
Urinary System, Diseases of...221234
Tubercular Diseases (including Marasmus)3375...108
Cancer...161531
Syphilis101...11
Measles25...7
Pertussis31...4
Varicella2......2
Diarrhœa1......1
Influenza......33
Erysipelas......33
Pyæmia...1...1
Delirium Tremens and Alcoholism...2...2
Bones and Joints, Diseases of...6...6
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition101...11
Fracture...3710
Asphyxia...1...1
Premature Birth1......1
Senile decay......5252
Totals73309221603

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Twenty inquests were held: the cause of death was
natural in 6 cases ; injury, in some form, in 14 cases.