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Kensington 1897

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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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 L—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Order No. of Deaths.
1. Miasmatic Diseases 230
2. Diarrhoeal 131
3. Malarial 1
4. Zoogenous —
5. Venereal 22
6. Septic 21
405
II. PARASITIC DISEASES 2
III. DIETETIC DISEASES 15
IV. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES 554
V. DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES 187
VI. LOCAL DISEASES—
1. Diseases of Nervous System 265
2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense 10
3. Diseases of Circulatory System 210
4. Diseases of Respiratory System 491
5. Diseases of Digestive System 215
6. Diseases of Lymphatic System 4
7. Diseases of Glandlike Organs of uncertain use 2
8. Diseases of Urinary System 71
9. Diseases of Reproductive System—
a. Diseases of Organs of Generation 8
b. Diseases of Parturition 9
10. Diseases of Locomotive System 8
11. Diseases of Integumentary System 6
1299
VII. VIOLENCE—
1. Accident or Negligence 72
2. Battle
3. Homicide —
4. Suicide 24
5. Execution —
96
VIII. ILL-DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES 109
Total 2,667
NOTE.—The form for table "A," on page 56, 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.