London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1924

The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1924

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Table: TABLE V Causes of Death at different periods of life in the Tear 1924.

TABLE V Causes of Death at different periods of life in the Tear 1924.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Classification No.Totals— All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.Totals— Under 5 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 years and upwards.Totals— Above 5 years.
TotalMFMFMFMFMFTotalMFMFMFMFMFMFTotal
I. GENERAL DISEASES.
Enteric Fever1312...........................1.......1.........1......123
Blackwater Fever411......................................................1...1...1
Measles6753837891313131234346832...11.........435
Scarlet Fever71...1.. .........................1...........................11
Whooping-Cough82071235222671320.......... ............................
Diphtheria9A1578...1222447112...1..................314
Influenza10672740...112......134......2171810925263763
Dysentery14211.......................................11............112
Erysipelas18532....................................1.........22325
Chicken Pox19C1...1...1...............11.......... ..........................
Pyaemia, Septicaemia20B7611.........1...2...21......211......415
Pulmonary Tuberculosis28AB1206555...........................12131329282210...26555120
Miliary Tuberculosis29B862............2...2...2321.....................426
Tuberculous Meningitis301385......211132532...1.1. ,1.........538
Tuberculosis of Peritoneum, &c.31B532......1.........111......1...1......1...224
Tuberculosis of Spinal Column321...1..............................'............1...............11
Tuberculosis of Joints3411................................................1.........1...1
Tuberculosis of other Organs351...1....................................1.... . ................11
Syphilis37321...1...............1l..................2.........2...2
Other Venereal Diseases38C11...1...............11.......................................
Cancer39-45293117176...............1...11......5...81750885470117175292
Other Tumour34622....................................1...1...............22
Rheumatic Fever47636...............1...111...1...11...1......325
Chronic Rheumatism, &c48B817............................ . 1............. . ....215178
Diabetes5013211....................................1...141621113
Exophthalmic Goitre516...6.................................1...2. . .2...1...66
Lencocythæmia, &c.53AB963...............1...11............222...2...628
Anaemia Chlorosis541037.................................1......113133710
Other General Diseases552...2............1...11...............1. . ..........11
Alcoholism56321.......................................111.........213
Total for General Diseases70231039212192120212754661201610242154599012272114256326532