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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 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: The following table which is a SUMMARY of Table III. (appendix) shows the number of deaths from the various diseases in the several Classes and Orders.

The following table which is a SUMMARY of Table III. (appendix) shows the number of deaths from the various diseases in the several Classes and Orders.

CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Order.No of Deaths.
1. Miasmatic Diseases306
2. Diarrhceal „113
3. Malarial „2
4. Zoogenous ,,—
5. Venereal „16
6. Septic „121
—449
II.PARASITIC DISEASES— _
III.DIETETIC DISEASES25
IV.CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES578
V.DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES228
VI.LOCAL DISEASES—
1. Diseases of Nervous System241
2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense5
3. Diseases of Circulatory System200
4. Diseases of Respiratory System572
5. Diseases of Digestive System213
6. Diseases of Lymphatic System-
7. Diseases of Gland-like Organs of uncertain use1
8. Diseases of Urinary System64
9. Diseases of Reproductive System—
a. Diseases of Organs of Generation9
b. Diseases of Parturition6
10. Diseases of Locomotive System8
11. Diseases of Integumentary System5
-1324
VII.VIOLENCE—
1. Accident or Negligence68
2. Battle—
3. Homicide—
4. Suicide9
5. Execution_
-77
VIII.ILL-DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES117
Total2798

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Note,—The form for table " A," on page 62 has been
prepared by the Local Government Board in order that a
"tabular statement of mortality should be made in all districts
on a uniform plan," and the table is required to be appended
to the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.