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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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Table: Table III. Causes of Death at Different Periods of Life in 1933.

Table III. Causes of Death at Different Periods of Life in 1933.

Causes of Death.Sex.All ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under5 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 CAUSESM.1,02595121221314049114184266201
f.1,31162112117406170133195290411
Typhoid and paratyphoid feversM.1...............1...............
f.1...........................1...
MeaslesM.1...1...........................
f.2......2........................
Scarlet feverM.1...1...........................
f.....................................
Whooping coughM.41111.....................
f.633...........................
DiphtheriaM.111136.....................
f.11......65.....................
InfluenzaM.34......1...2216796
f.58......113257101019
Encephalitis lethargicaM.1..............................1
f.....................................
Cerebro-spinal feverM.211...........................
f.....................................
Tuberculosis of respiratory sys-temM.661......181212121181
f.581......215188743...
Other tuberculous diseasesM.51...............3...1......
f.9112...12......11...
SyphilisM.4.....................211...
f.31..................11......
General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalisM.6..................1221...
f.....................................
Cancer, malignant diseaseM.124......1......3319394118
f.186......12...31128575430
DiabetesM.9...1...............1331
f.14........................455
Cerebral haemorrhage, etc.M.28..................22987
f.41..................1431617
Heart diseaseM.223.........223218279376
f.365.........13210263096197
AneurysmM.8............1...1411...
f.8..................3......41
Other circulatory diseasesM.43..................1571911
f.75..................4132830
BronchitisM.411............1...461316
f.322............1117416
Pneumonia (all forms)M.87951...14614181415
f.1041056...35511161627
Other respiratory diseasesM.15.........1......21551
f.9.........1.........1322
Peptic ulcerM.12.....................3522
f.12..................12342
Diarrhœa, etc.M.3030..............................
f.221211......2......114
AppendicitisM.7......1...1.........32...
f.5.........1............211
Cirrhosis of liverM.6...............1...2...21
f.5.....................131...
Other diseases of liver, etc.M.4........................4......
f.8..................1...223
Other digestive diseasesM.192.........2......2463
f.26.........1...228445
Acute and chronic nephritisM.22.........112...1944
f.33............13545510
Puerperal sepsisf.3............111............
Other puerperal causesF.5............131.........
Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc.M.454311........................
F.30291...........................
SenilityM.11...........................47
F20...........................317
SuicideM.26............3274343
F.24............233106......
Other violenceM.373......4522...5511
F.50......2165248913
Other defined diseasesM.912...3557612142116
F.863......2491014122012
Causes ill-defined, or unknownM.1..............................1
F.....................................