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Kensington 1908

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

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APPENDIX I. Deaths registered from all causes in the Year 1908.(Exclusive of the Deaths of Non-Parishoners at Public Institutions within the Borough, but inclusive of the Deaths ofParishioners at Public Institutions, &c., without the Borough.)For a Summary of this Table see page 18.

CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total all Ages.Sub-district.
0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.1 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.Kensington TownBrompton.
GENERAL DISEASES22810131416088981041068059329996801195
LOCAL DISEASES13569233550941352162332205620412661016250
DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE17662961010910123867115
DEATHS FROM ILL-DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES481...............1.........4950455
428177607811918824333134831011660523981933465
GENERAL DISEASES.
Small-poxVaccinated.............................................
Not Vaccinated.............................................
Doubtful.............................................
Cow-pox, Effects of Vaccination.............................................
Cbicken-pox.............................................
Measles (Morbilli)823......1..................3132302
Epidemic Rose Rash, German Measles.............................................
Scarlet Fever16...11..................7963
Typhus.............................................
Plague.............................................
Relapsing Fever.............................................
Influenza2...1216916211072754827
Whooping-Cough16...........................7752
Mumps.............................................
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup116711..................1726224
Cerebro-Spinal Fever1......1........................122...
Simple Continued Fever "Pyrexoa".............................................
Enteric Fever.........3...1......1.........541
Asiatic Cholera.............................................
Epidemic Diarrhœa: Epidemic (or Zymotic) Enteritis4313...........................5656542
Diarrhœa, Choleraic Diarrhoea216..................13...2731301
Dysentery1..............................11...1
Malarial Fever.............................................
Hydrophobia.............................................
Glanders, Farcy.............................................
Anthrax, Splenic Fever.............................................
Tetanus.............................................
Syphilis17............121.........1721174
Gonorrhœa, Stricture of Urethra.....................1............11...
Puerperal Septicaemia, Sapærmia.........12.....................321
Puerperal Pyaemia.............................................
Puerperal Phlegmasia Dolens.............................................
Puerperal Fever...............1..................11...
Infective Endocarditis.........11...1...1.........44...
Epidemic Pneumonia,Pneumonic Fever..................1...............11...
Erysipelas1...1......1...1.........1431
Septicaemia (not Puerperal)...............1..................11...
Pyaemia (not Puerperal)......1...1.........1.........321
Phlegmon, Carbuncle (not Anthrax)1...............1...2111642
Phagedæna.............................................
Other Septic Diseases.............................................
Tuberculous Phthisis (Pulm. Tubercul.)22...2230432815611415013317
"Phthisis"...112966141...131265
Tuberculous Meningitis131481.....................2736315
Tuberculous Peritonitis64...112...............1014131
Tabes Mesenterica1..............................111...
Lupus.............................................
Tubercle of other Organs12112112.........31111...
General Tuberculosis4132321...2......518135
Scrofula.............................................
Parasitic Diseases.............................................
Starvation.............................................
Scurvy.............................................
Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens............1...22............523
Opium, Morphia Habit.............................................
Ptomaine Poisoning.............................................
Industrial PoisoningBy Lead.....................1............11...
By Phosphorus.............................................
By Arsenic & other Metals.............................................
Rheumatic Fever, Acute Rheumatism...12......11...1......1642
Rheumatism of Heart......1...........................11...
Chronic Rheumatism.............................................
Rheumatic Arthritis, Rheumatic Gout.....................2...11...431
Gout........................21......321
Carcinoma............24212720112...875433
Carried forward12595273856707469622912220657532125