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Kensington 1904

The annual report on the health, sanitary condition of the Royal Borough of Kensington, etc., etc., for the year 1904

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TABLE VIII.—continued.

CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total all Ages.Sub-district.
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.
Brought forward1611192539566652342917628060452480
GENERAL DISEASES.—continued.
Tabes Mesenterica65...........................111183
Lupus.............................................
Tubercle of other Organs331......112.........61111...
General Tuberculosis592562921......14413011
Scrofula...11........................122...
Parasitic Diseases.............................................
Starvation.............................................
Scurvy.............................................
Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens...............1811.........1156
Opium, Morphia Habit.............................................
Ptomaine Poisoning.............................................
Industrial Poisoningby Lead.............................................
by Phosphorus..............................................
by Arsenic and other Metals.............................................
Rheumatic Fever, Acute Rheumatism......21........................33...
Rheumatism of Heart.........11.....................211
Chronic Rheumatism...........................3......33...
Rheumatic Arthritis, Rheumatic Gout...1.........1......141743
Gout..................1...21......422
Carcinoma.........12818221982...805822
Sarcoma...11...11213...111183
Malignant Disease, Cancer............2917232273...836518
Rickets32...........................555...
Purpura1..............................111...
Hæmophilia, Hæmorrhagic Diathesis.............................................
Anæmia, Leucocythæmia...1......1...2............1431
Diabetes Mellitus.........1134284......231112
Premature Birth7l..............................71715912
Congenital Defects111...........................1212111
Injury at Birth2..............................222...
Ateleetasis9..............................9972
Want of Breast Milk3..............................3312
Teething105........................1515141
Old Age.....................1124029...826616
28514832487092114889884414331100904196
LOCAL DISEASES.
Diseases of Nervous System.
Meningitis, Inflammation of Brain4331.....................71192
Softening of Brain..................2223......963
General Paralysis of Insane...............962............17134
Insanity (not Puerperal)...............1...............•••11...
Chorea.............................................
Epilepsy......1...11..................33...
Convulsions2031.....................2324204
Laryngismus Stridulus3...........................3321
Locomotor Ataxy..................311.........532
Paraplegia and Disease of Cord.....................321......651
Neuritis, Periph, Poly-Neuritis...............1..................11...
Brain Tumour (not specified)...1.........1...1.........133...
Nervous System, Other Diseases21...1515244...325187
Diseases of Organs of Special Sense.
Otitis, Mastoid Disease1...12...1...1.........1642
Epistaxis, Nose Disease.............................................
Ophthalmia, Eye Disease.............................................
Diseases of Heart.
Valve Disease, Endocarditis (not infective)............5910132110......685117
Pericarditis1.........1......11......1431
Hypertrophy of Heart............1.....................11...
Angina Pectoria...............2324.........1156
Dilatation of Heart.....................44...1...963
Fatty Degeneration of Heart............1...12311...99...
Syncope, Heart Disease (not specified)......25210211926241...1108030
Carried forward3188916365153684333932624383

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