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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 1902
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year1902
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TABLE IX. . ( Table IV. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing the number of Deaths in the Borough at all ages, in 1902, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportion to 1,000 of Population, and to 1,000 deaths from all causes: also the number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 Births, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.
| Division I. (At all Ages.) | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 of Population. | Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Principal Zymotic Diseases | 263 | 1.5 | 96 |
| 2. Pulmonary Diseases | 626 | 3.5 | 228 |
| 3. Principal Tubercular Diseases | 315 | 1.8 | 115 |
| 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 | 142 | 40.7 | 276 |
| 5. Convulsive Diseases | 51 | 14.6 | 99 |
NOTES.
1. Includes Small-pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping-cough, Typhus Fever, Enteric (or Typhoid) Fever,
Simple Continued Fever, and Diarrhoea. Fifty eight of the deaths occurred in Hospitals without the Borough.
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 VIII., Hydrocephalus and Infantile
Meningitis are classified with tubercular diseases, Convulsions with diseases of the nervous system, and Teething with
diseases of the digestive system.)