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Kensington 1898

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1898

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TABLE IV.

Showing the number of Deaths at all ages in 1898, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 100 of Population, and to 1000 Deaths from all causes: also the number of Deaths of infants, under one year of age, from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1000Births, and to 1000 Deaths from all causes under one year.

Division I. (At all Ages).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1ooo of PopulationDeaths per 1ooo of Total Deaths
1. Principal Zymotic Diseases3472·0124
2. Pulmonary Diseases5723·3204
3. Principal Tubercular Diseases2831·6101
Division II. (Infants under one year).Total Deaths.Deaths, per 1000 of Births.Deaths, per 1000 of Total Deaths under one year.
4. Wasting Diseases15642·9238
5. Convulsive Diseases7019·3107

NOTES.
1. Includes Small-pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping-cough,
Typhus Fever, Enteric (or Typhoid) Fever, Simple Continued Fever,
and Diarrhœa. Sixty-two of the deaths occurred in Hospitals
without the Parish.
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 III., Hydrocephalus and Infantile Meningitis are classified
with tubercular diseases, Convulsions with diseases of the nervous
system, and Teething with diseases of the digestive system).