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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 1911

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

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Table: TABLE VII. Causes of Death at different periods of life in the Year 1911.

TABLE VII. Causes of Death at different periods of life in the Year 1911.

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 Fever1431........................• ••.........12...1.........314
Measles69340539121524151339498814.....................145
Scarlet Fever7312.........1.........111............1............112
Whooping-Cough854243091613825242953...1...........................11
Diphtheria9A205151......127381126.........1............279
Croup9BC11...1............1...1.......................................
Influenza102514111............1...1............2...2299131124
Dysentery14211.............................................11......112
Erysipelas1882611...1......123..................11...3145
Pyæmia, Septicæmia2022...1...............1...1.....................1...1...1
Pulmonary Tuberculosis28A B15083672...............2...24391135282719668167148
Acute Phthisis29A4...4....................................1...3...............44
Acute Miliary Tuberculosis29B11...............1...1...1.......................................
Tuberculosis Meningitis3019109333123871512............1......224
Tuberculosis of Peritoneum, &c.31AB1697322...2375121......111......224
Tuberculosis of Spinal Column3211...........................1.....................1...1
Tuberculosis of Joints332...2.........1.........11.........1..................11
Tuberculosis of other organs34312....................................111............123
Disseminated Tuberculosis357522............1213......1...111.........314
Rickets30312...111123.......................................
Syphilis37156925.........257............21131448
Cancer39-4519787110.........1...1...11......15114150394886110196
Other tumours4611....................................1.....................1...1
Rheumatic Fever472111...............1...1...1...........................11
Chronic Rheumatism, &c.48AB5...5.............................................3...2...55
Gout48C532.............................................1...22325
Diabetes5017710..............................11211421471017
Exopthalmic Goitre513...3..........................................2...1.........33
Addison's Disease5211................................................1.........1...1
Leucocythæmia, &c.53AB321............1...1...11............1............112
Carried forward6673128553639343826339611020612181319495283825974216245461