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, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1897
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TABLE III.—(continued.)
causes of death. | AGES. | Total under Five Years of Age. | Grand Tola All Ages. | sub-district | |||||||||||
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0 to 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | I 35 to 45. | ! 45 to 55. | i 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 1 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | Kensington Tow n. | Brompton. | |||
VII— DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE. 1.—Accident or Negligence. Fractures and Contusions | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 29 | 7 | |
Gun-shot Wounds | |||||||||||||||
Cut, Stab | |||||||||||||||
Burn, Scald | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | ||||||||
Poison | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
Drowning | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Suffocation | 18 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 18 | |||||||||
Otherwise | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
2.—Homicide. Manslaughter | |||||||||||||||
Murder | |||||||||||||||
3.—Suicide. Gun-Shot Wounds | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Cut, Stab | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
Poison | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
Drowning | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Suffocation | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
Otherwise | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||
4.—Execution. Hanging | |||||||||||||||
19 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 96 | 71 | 25 | |
VIII.-DEATHS FROM ILL-DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES. Dropsy | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition | 94 | 5 | 99 | 99 | 91 | 8 | |||||||||
Mortification | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Tumour | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
Abscess | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
Hemorrhage | |||||||||||||||
Sudden Death (Cause not ascertained) | |||||||||||||||
Causes not specified or ill-defined | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
97 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 102 | 109 | 99 | 10 |