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

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Kensington 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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CAUSES OF DEATH.AGESTotal under Five Years of Age.Grand Total all Ages.Sub-district.
0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35. i35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.Kensington Town.Brompton.
Brought forward100115472872548477454311215676546130
GENERAL DISEASES.—continued.
Sarcoma...1..........211311981
Malignant Disease, Cancer............19172825102...926824
Rickets22...........................4431
Purpura...11.........1............133...
Hæmophilia, Hæmorrhagic Diathesis.............................................
Anæmia, Leucocythæmia............1111...1......532
Diabetes Mellitus.........1...24454......20119
Premature Birth67..............................67675314
Congenital Defects12...1........................121894
Injury at Birth1..............................11...1
Atelectasis5..............................555...
Want of Breast Milk7..............................7761
Teething23...........................555...
Old Age.....................1162828...735716
LOCAL DISEASES.19612249297468108112948741318980777203
Diseases of Nervous System.
Meningitis, Inflammation of Brain57...111...2.........1217134
Softening of Brain..................14512...18112
General Paralysis of Insane...............571............13112
Insanity (not Puerperal)................1...1............211
Chorea..............................................
Epilepsy...1...323...31......113103
Convulsions186...........................2424213
Laryngismus Stridulus1..............................11...1
Locomotor Ataxy..................32111...862
Paraplegia and Disease of Cord..................2423......1192
Neuritis, Periph, Poly-Neuritis........................1.........1...1
Brain Tumour (not specific).........31311............968
Nervous System, Other Diseases11...2......65342224186
Diseases of Organs of Special Sense.
Otitis, Mastoid Disease2...32...1...............2862
Epistaxis, Nose Disease.............................................
Ophthalmia, Eye Disease.............................................
Diseases of Heart.
Valve Disease, Endocarditis (not infective)......22485815121...574215
Pericarditis11.............1...1......244...
Hypertrophy of Heart.........1........................11...
Angina Pectoris..................135...1...1064
Dilatation of Heart...............113351...14104
Fatty Degeneration of Heart......1...12131184...31238
Syncope, Heart Disease (not specified)......2458132437185...1169620
Diseases of Blood Vessels.
Cerebral Hæmorrhage, Embolism,
Thrombosis1.........33617301841825725
Apoplexy, Hemiplegia...............236773...28217
Aneurysm............114811......11101
Senile Gangrene.....................225......99...
Embolism, Thrombosis (not Cerebral)............11..................22...
Phlebitis.............................................
Varicose Veins.........1........................11...
Blood Vessels, Other Diseases.........1.........173......1293
Diseases of Respiratory Organs.
Laryngitis24.........11............6871
Membranous Laryngitis (not Diph-theritic).............................................
Croup (not Spasmodic or Membran u s...1...........................111...
Larynx, Other Diseases (not specified).............................................
Bronchitis4920...1...411344945166922920524
Lobar, Croupous-Pneumonia...............51212......1111...
Broncho, Catarrhal, Lobular Pneumonia32436...1125643751039112
Pneumonia212137416111971114212110714
Emphysema, Asthma......1...1147221...19168
Pleurisy......1...32...31...2...12102
Fibroid Disease of Lung..................1...21......413
Respiratory Diseases, Other"21.........1...215...31293
Diseases of Digestive System.
Tonsillitis, Quinsy..................1...............11...
Mouth, Pharynx, Disease (not Specific)13...1...1...............4642
Gastric Ulcer.........14211............981
Gastric Catarrh11...........................222...
Stomach, Other Diseases (not Malignant)5.........22122...51486
Enteritis (not epidemic)53.........3...114...817152
Gastro-Enteritis81...............11......91174
Appendicitis, Perityphlitis...153122121...11899
Hernia............222...12...981
Carried forward1551152433338394172207164492701129928206