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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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TABLE III. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1923.
| Causes of Death | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of" Residents " whether occurring within or without the District. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and upwards. | |
| ALL CAUSES | 2,196 | 218 | 61 | 28 | 42 | 78 | 254 | 572 | 948 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 8mall-pox | |||||||||
| Measles | 15 | 8 | 10 | 2 | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Whooping-Cougb | 23 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Diphtheria | 14 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Influenza | 46 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 26 | ||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Meningitis | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 117 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 58 | 86 | 7 | ||
| Other tuberculous diseases | 85 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | |
| Cancer, Malignant disease | 269 | 2 | 26 | 121 | 120 | ||||
| Rheumatic Fever | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Diabetes | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | |||||
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 106 | 1 | 7 | 41 | 57 | ||||
| Heart Disease | 292 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 77 | 177 | |||
| Arterio-sclerosis | 122 | 5 | 81 | 86 | |||||
| Bronchitis | 171 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 87 | 119 | ||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 217 | 49 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 29 | 76 | |
| Other respiratory diseases | 48 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | ||
| Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | |||||
| Diarrhoea, etc. | 67 | 46 | 1 | 18 | 4 | ||||
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | |||||
| Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 52 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 21 | |||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 10 | 10 | |||||||
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, Premature Birth | 61 | 59 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Suicide | 28 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | ||||
| Other deaths from violence | 60 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 18 |
| Other Defined Diseases | 865 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 47 | 88 | 183 |
| Causes ill-defined or unknown | 8 | 8 | |||||||