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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 1913

[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 1913.

TABLE VIII. Causes of Death at different periods of life in the Year 1913.

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.
TotalMFMFMFMFMFTotalMFMFMFMFMFMFTot al
I. GENERAL DISEASES.
Enteric Fever1642..............................1...2111......426
Measles68243391071118211242377912.....................123
Scarlet Fever7321............2...2...2...1...........................11
Whooping-Cough8291118384445111728...1...........................11
Diphtheria9A716.........111123...4........................44
Influenza105218341......1......112............225121019173350
Dysentery1411.................................1.....................1...1
Erysipelas189451......1......112.........11...1112347
Pyaemia, Septicaemia2011...............1...1...1.......................................
Tetanus2411..........................................1...............1...1
Pulmonary Tuberculosis28AB18310776......1.........1...133611563035276510676182
Acute Phthisis29A1...1.............................................1.........11
Acute Miliary Tuberculosis29B51412............l23...2...........................22
Tuberculous Meningitis3022913323537916......2l..................246
Tuberculosis of Peritoneum, &c.31AB1376431...1...639.........111...1......134
Tuberculosis of Spinal Column321...1....................................1.....................11
Tuberculosis of Joints3322....................................1...1...............2...2
Tuberculosis of other organs34624.....................11......1...1......1...2235
Disseminated Tuberculosis357522...31......516.........1.....................11
Syphilis372071358...31...61117............11.........1123
Cancer39-4518980109...............1...111...1l3144343325080108188
Other tumours461...1......................................................1...11
Bheumatic Fever47532...........................1...1.........12......325
Chronic Rheumatism, &c.48AB918.......................................2...115189
Gout48C211................................................11...112
Diabetes50231013.......................................124358101323
Exophthalmic goitre5122................................................2.........22
Leucocythsemia, &c.53AB413..............................1...1.........11...134
Carried forward68632236427312232362385861716171418705390975798237278515