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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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TABLE III. Causes of Death at Different Periods of Life in 1931.
| Causes of Death. | Sex. | 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 35 years | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 55 years. | 55 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. | 75 and upwards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL CAUSES | M. | 1,066 | 112 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 37 | 36 | 51 | 101 | 194 | 255 | 230 |
| F. | 1,389 | 76 | 20 | 13 | 22 | 41 | 47 | 66 | 126 | 184 | 351 | 443 | |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | M. | 1 | ... | 1 | |||||||||
| F. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Measles | M. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| F. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Scarlet fever | M. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| F. | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Whooping-cough | M. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| F. | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | |||||||
| Diphtheria | M. | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| F. | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Influenza | M. | 19 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| F. | 45 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | |
| Encephalitis lethargica | M. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| F. | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | |||||||||
| Cerebro-spinal fever | M. | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| F. | 4 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | M. | 73 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| F. | 54 | ... | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | ||||
| Other tuberculous diseases | M. | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | |||
| F. | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ||||
| Syphilis | M. | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ||||||||
| F. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | M. | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| F. | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | |||||||
| Cancer, malignant disease | M. | 133 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 43 | 40 | 22 | |
| F. | 200 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 14 | 21 | 43 | 77 | 38 | |
| Diabetes | M. | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| F. | 17 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Cerebral hæmorrhage, etc. | M. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 11 | |
| F. | 75 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 17 | 17 | |||||
| Heart disease | M. | 190 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 14 | 31 | 75 | 64 | ||
| F. | 290 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 92 | 133 | |||
| Aneurysm | M. | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||
| F. | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Other circulatory diseases | M. | 54 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 11 | 29 | ||
| F. | 81 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 8 | 29 | 40 | ||||
| Bronchitis | M. | 59 | 3 | ... | 6 | 12 | 18 | 19 | |||||
| F. | 77 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 42 | |||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | M. | 107 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 16 | ||
| F. | 125 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 31 | |
| Other respiratory diseases | M. | 8 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | ||
| F. | 21 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Peptic ulcer | M. | 22 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| F. | 5 | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| Diarrhœa, etc. | M. | 25 | 20 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| F. | 15 | 12 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Appendicitis | M. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| F. | 10 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Cirrhosis of liver | M. | 8 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| F. | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Other diseases of liver, etc. | M. | 6 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| F. | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Other digestive diseases | M. | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||
| F. | 30 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 7 | 8 | 8 | |||
| Acute and chronic nephritis | M. | 24 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | ||
| F. | 42 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 14 | ||||||
| Puerperal sepsis | F. | 7 | ... | 3 | |||||||||
| Other puerperal causes | F. | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc. | M. | 44 | 42 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| F. | 30 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Senility | M. | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 14 |
| F. | 24 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 23 | ||||
| Suicide | M. | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 13 | ... | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Other violence | m. | 49 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
| F. | 57 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 24 | |||
| Other defined diseases | M. | 89 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 20 | ||
| F. | 103 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 20 | |||
| Causes ill-defined or unknown | M. | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ||||||||
| F. | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |