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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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| 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. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | Kpnsington Town. | Brompton. | |||
| Brought forward | 125 | 95 | 27 | 38 | 56 | 70 | 74 | 69 | 62 | 29 | 12 | 220 | 657 | 532 | 125 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | |||||||
| 1 | 11 | 17 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 89 | 70 | 19 | ||||||
| Rickets | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Purpura | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Haemophilia, Hæmorrhagic Diathesis | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Anaemia, Leucocythæmia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | |||||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 6 | ||||
| Premature Birth | 74 | 74 | 60 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Congenital Defects | 1 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Injury at Birth | |||||||||||||||
| Atelectasis | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Want of Breast Milk | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Old Age | 12 | 39 | 43 | 95 | 72 | 23 | |||||||||
| 228 | 101 | 60 | 88 | 98 | 106 | 80 | 59 | 329 | 996 | 195 | |||||
| 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Softening of Brain | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| General Paralysis of Insane | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 1 | ||||||||
| Insanity (not Puerperal) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Chorea | |||||||||||||||
| Epilepsy | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | |||||
| Laryngismus Stridulus | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Locomotor Ataxy | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Paraplegia and Disease of Cord | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Neuritis, Periph, Poly-Neuritis | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Brain Tumour (not specific) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Nervous System, Other Diseases | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 26 | |||||||
| 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Epistaxis, Nose Disease | |||||||||||||||
| Ophthalmia, Eye Disease | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 63 | 22 | ||||||||
| Pericarditis | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Hypertrophy of Heart | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Angina Pectoris | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dilatation of Heart | 1 | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Fatty Degeneration of Heart | 1 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 41 | 35 | |||||||
| Syncope, Heart Disease (not specified) | 6 | 12 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 136 | 119 | 17 | |||||||
| 2 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 31 | 90 | 67 | |||||||||
| l | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Aneurysm | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Senile Gangrene | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Embolism, Thrombosis (not Cerebral) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Phlebitis | |||||||||||||||
| Varicose Veins | |||||||||||||||
| Blood Vessels, Other Diseases | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Membranous Laryngitis (not Diphtheritic) | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Larynx, Other Diseases (not specified) | |||||||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 9 | 6 | 12 | 49 | 53 | 21 | 178 | 32 | |||||||
| Lobar, Croupous-Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Broncho, Catarrhal, Lobular Pneumonia | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 60 | 94 | 78 | 16 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 91 | 71 | 20 | ||||||
| Emphysema, Asthma | 9 | 4 | 17 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Pleurisy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| Fibroid Disease of Lung | |||||||||||||||
| Respiratory Diseases, Other" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 17 | |||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Mouth, Pharynx, Disease (not Specific) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Gastric Ulcer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Stomach,Other Diseases (not Malignant) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 1 | |||||||
| Enteritis (not epidemic) | 9 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 7 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Appendicitis, Perityphlitis | 6 | 15 | 10 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Hernia | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Carried forward | 126 | 68 | 16 | 24 | 41 | 65 | 99 | 181 | 207 | 194 | 52 | 194 | 1073 | 879 | 194 |