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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 1912

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

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Table: TABLE VIII. Causes of Death at different periods of life in the Year 1912.

TABLE VIII. Causes of Death at different periods of life in the Year 1912.

CAUSES OF DEATHClassification 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.......................................3......1......314
Measles6271314543653131326.........1.....................11
Scarlet Fever7532............2...2...211.........1............123
Whooping-Cough8251877263311662221........................213
Diphtheria9A514...1.........1...22............1............2123
Influenza10281018.................................1...1...6...29101828
Dysentery141...1................................................9.........11
Erysipelas18532...1...............11............12...l2...314
Pyæmia, yepticsemia20844.................................1...24211......448
Pulmonary Tuberculosis28AB1769878......111...2131...91143...402339677173
Acute Phthisis29A211..............................1......1......21......112
Acute Miliary Tuberculosis29B11...............................................1• • •......1...1
Tuberculous Meningitis3020146324...3...1021223111...............448
Tuberculosis of Peritoneum, &c.31AB118351......21729...1......1...............112
Tuberculosis of Spinal Column32422...............1...11............1...1......1213
Tuberculosis of Joints3311...1...............1...1...............1......1............
Tuberculosis of other organs34612...........................1...1...1.........11426
Disseminated Tuberculosis356421......1.....1121...1......1............314
Rickets364221...1.........2...2.....................1...1...22
Syphilis372111108711......9817............21.........1224
Ophthalmia Neonatorum38C1...1...1...............11...............1......31............
Cancer39-4522876152......1.........1...1......216...3680...5875152227
Other tumours4611...........................1...............131.........1...1
Rheumatic Fever47784.................................111...121...347
Chronic Rheumatism, &c.48AB817................................................324178
Gout48C33................................................1...5...3...3
Diabetes50221012.................................2...2...1317101222
Leucocythaemia, &c.53AB541............1...1...11............2111...314
Carried forward6352993363119171217765381039819156763901254987234298532