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, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year 1905
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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. I
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 forward
163
108
81
48
55
77
138
210
247
170
51
206
1288
994
294
LOCAL DISEASES.—continued.
Skin Diseases.
Ulcer, Bedsore
1
1
1
Eczema
1
1
1
1
Pemphigus
...
Skin Diseases, Other
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
2
1
1
164
108
81
48
55
77
138
210
248
171
52
267
1292
997
295
DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
1.—Accident or Negligence.
Fractures and Contusions .
1
4
2
2
4
7
6
4
6
4
5
40
31
9
Gunshot Wounds
...
...
...
...
...
...
Cut, Stab
...
...
...
...
Burn, Scald
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
8
6
2
Poison
1
1
3
1
6
2
4
Drowning
I
1
2
...
1
4
2
2
Suffocation
11
1
...
2
...
...
12
14
12
2
Otherwise
2
...
1
...
2
...
...
1
...
2
6
4
2
2.—Homicide.
•
Manslaughter
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
• ••
Murder
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3.—Suicide.
Gunshot Wounds
1
...
...
1
1
Cut, Stab
1
1
1
Poison
2
8
1
...
1
7
4
3
Drowning
...
...
...
1
I
2
1
1
Hanging
...
. . .
•••
...
2
2
1
5
2
3
Otherwise
1
1
2
1
1
6
5
1
4.—Execution.
Hanging
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
»
16
6
6
7
11
17
15
10
8
4
...
22
100
71
29
DEATHS FROM ILL-DEFINED AND NOT
SPECIFIED CAUSES.
Dropsy
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition
60
2
...
62
62
54
8
Tumour
...
Abscess
1
Haemorrhage
...
...
Sudden Death (cause not ascertained)
...
Causes not Specified or Ill-defined
...
...
1
2
...
1
...
4
2
2
60
2
...
1
...
2
•
1
...
62
66
56
10