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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 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 causes of death in inquest cases may be classified as follows:—
| Deaths caused by disease | 128 |
| Deaths caused by violence (96), viz.:— | |
| Accidental | 72 |
| Suicidal | 24 |
| 96 | |
| Total | 224 |
Of the 24 suicidal deaths, 12 belong to the Brompton subdistrict,
and 12 to the Town sub-district.
The inquests on Kensington parishioners were in the
proportion of 8.4 per cent. on total deaths, the rate in the
Metropolis being 93. In England and Wales the rate was
63 per cent. The relative percentages in 1896 were 8.2, 9.1,
and 6.2, respectively.
The registered deaths from violence were equal to 3.6 per
cent. on total deaths in Kensington, the proportion in the
Metropolis being 3.9 per cent.; and in England and Wales
3.6 per cent. These deaths were equal to 0.54 per 1,000
persons living in Kensington, 0.77 per 1,000 in London, as a
whole, and 0.62 per 1,000 in England and Wales.