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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 1901
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year 1901
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TABLE VIII.
| AGES. | Total under Five Years of Age. | Grand Total all Ages. | Sub.district. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | O 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. | Kensing. ton Town. | Brompton | ||
| CLASSES. | |||||||||||||||
| I. SPECIFIC FEBRILE or ZYMOTIC DISEASES | 152 | 140 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 292 | 888 | 850 | 33 |
| II. PARASITIC DISEASES | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| III. DIETETIC DISEASES | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | .16 | 2 | ||||||
| IV. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES | 23 | 38 | 22 | 88 | 65 | 88 | 100 | 76 | 64 | 35 | 2 | 61 | 551 | 453 | 98 |
| V. DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES | 109 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 51 | 29 | 110 | 203 | 170 | 33 | ||||
| VI. LOCAL DISEASES | 171 | 106 | 24 | 37 | 61 | 113 | 152 | 236 | 192 | 148 | 31 | 277 | 1274 | 1017 | 257 |
| VII. DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE | 33 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 41 | 110 | 90 | 20 | |
| VIII. DEATHS FROM ILL.DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES | 89 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 89 | 106 | 91 | 15 | ||||
| 581 | 295 | 73 | 92 | 147 | 232 | 285 | 330 | 295 | 254 | 66 | 876 | 2650 | 2192 | 458 | |
| I. SPECIFIC FEBRILE or ZYMOTIC DISEASES. Order 1.—Miasmatic Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
| Small.pox | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Measles | 15 | 57 | 4 | 1 | 72 | 77 | 72 | 5 | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 3 | |||||
| Typhus | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Whooping.cough | 28 | 33 | 1 | 61 | 62 | 57 | 5 | ||||||||
| Diphtheria | 8 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 38 | 35 | 3 | |||||||
| Simple Continued or III.defined Fever | |||||||||||||||
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | |||||||
| Other Miasmatic Diseases—Influenza | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 8 | ||
| 2.—Diarrhceal Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
| Simple Cholera | |||||||||||||||
| Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 91 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 102 | 115 | 109 | 6 | ||||
| 8.—Malarial Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
| Remittent Fever | |||||||||||||||
| Ague | |||||||||||||||
| 4.—Zoogenous Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
| Cow.Pox, and effects of Vaccination | |||||||||||||||
| Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia, Glanders, Splenic Fever) 5.—Venereal Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
| Syphilis | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 19 | 19 | ||||||||
| Gonorrhoea, Stricture of the Urethra | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 6.—Septic Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |||||||
| Pyaemia, Septicaemia. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 152 | 140 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 292 | 383 | 350 | 33 | |
| II.—PARASITIC DISEASES. | |||||||||||||||
| Thrush, and other Vegetable Parasitic Diseases | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Parasitic Diseases | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
| III.—DIETETIC DISEASES. | |||||||||||||||
| Want of Breast Milk—Starvation | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Scurvy | |||||||||||||||
| Chronic Alcoholism | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | |||||||||
| Delirium Tremens | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 2 | |||||||
| IV.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES. | |||||||||||||||
| Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of the Heart | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | |||||||
| Rheumatism | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gout | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Rickets | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 2 | 4 | 15 | 41 | 47 | 43 | 82 | 1 | 185 | 143 | 42 | ||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus | 9 | 20 | 5 | i | 29 | 35 | 29 | 6 | |||||||
| Phthisis | 5 | 7 | 25 | 55 | 62 | 45 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 234 | 199 | 35 | |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 40 | 36 | 4 | |
| Purpura, Hæmorrhagic Diathesis | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Anæmia, Chlorosis, Leucocythænia Glycosuria, Diabetes Mellitus | ... ... | ... 1 | 1 1 | 1 4 | 5 6 | 8 1 | ... 4 | ... ... | 10 17 | 8 12 | 2 5 | ||||
| Other Constitutional Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| 23 | 38 | 22 | 38 | 65 | 88 | 100 | 76 | 64 | 35 | 2 | 61 | 551 | 453 | 98 | |
Continued.