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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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The diseases described in the above list as the "principal zymotic diseases" are smallpox,
measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, whooping cough, enteric fever (including fever not otherwise
defined) and diarrhoea.
The following table shows the zymotic death rate for Kensington and London in each of the last five years:—
| Deaths from principal zymotic diseases per 1,000 persons living. | ||
| Period. | Kensington. | London. |
| 1929 | 0.78 | 0.57 |
| 1930 | 0.62 | 0.58 |
| 1931 | 0.34 | 0.33 |
| 1932 | 0.99 | 0.61 |
| 1933 | 0.49 | 0.32 |
Cancer.—Cancer caused 310 deaths, and of this number 286 occurred in persons over the age
of 45 years. Carcinoma was the form of cancer to which 249 deaths were attributed; sarcoma
and epithelioma were the assigned causes of 18 deaths; 43 deaths were certified as due to cancer
or malignant disease without further definition.
The parts of the body which were affected in each case are shown in the following table:— Deaths from Cancer, 1933.
| Parts affected. | Sex. | Total. | |
| Male. | Female. | ||
| Buccal cavity | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| Lungs | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| Stomach, liver, etc. | 26 | 37 | 63 |
| Peritoneum, intestines, rectum | 48 | 58 | 106 |
| Female genital organs | - | 30 | 30 |
| Male genito-urinary organs | 3 | - | 3 |
| Breast | - | 32 | 32 |
| Skin | 1 | - | 1 |
| Other and unspecified organs | 28 | 14 | 42 |
| Totals | 130 | 180 | 310 |
The deaths in the several wards, etc., are set out in the following table:—
| The Borough | 310 |
| North Kensington | 156 |
| South Kensington | 149 |
| Wards. | |
| St. Charles | 40 |
| Golborne | 35 |
| Norland | 42 |
| Pembridge | 39 |
| Holland | 35 |
| Earl's Court | 28 |
| Queen's Gate | 29 |
| Redcliffe | 43 |
| Brompton | 14 |
| Ward unknown | 5 |
The number of deaths from this disease was 14 more than in the previous year