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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 1935

[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 1935.

TABLE III. Causes of Death at Different Periods of Life in 1935.

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 CAUSESM.953110681229333785174228231
F.1,20165131211223656100156307423
Typhoid and paratyphoid feversM.....................................
F.1............1..................
MeaslesM..................................
F.....................................
Scarlet feverM.1...1...........................
F.....................................
Whooping coughM.1......1........................
F.2...1...........................
DiphtheriaM.72...32.....................
F.12......641......1.........
InfluenzaM.10..................13123
F.21.........12...32166
Encephalitis lethargicaM.3...............1......2......
F.2...............1.........1...
Cerebro-spinal feverM.21.........1..................
F.1............1..................
Tuberculosis of respiratory sys temM.471.........5149864...
F.31............7774411
Other tuberculous diseasesM.6.........13.........11...
F.5...11.........11...1...
SyphilisM.3.....................3.........
F.1.....................1.........
General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalisM.5..................1112...
F.1........................1......
Cancer, malignant diseaseM.122...............2113374227
F.1951...............1031456642
DiabetesM.14.........1.........1273
F.19...............1l2582
Cerebral haemorrhage, etc.M.23..................l2884
F.46.....................181819
Heart diseaseM.242.........112413557096
F.3701.........144173399211
AneurysmM.6............1...2...111
F.4.....................12...1
Other circulatory diseasesM.501..................4101520
F.77..................1682141
BronchitisM.254...1...1...1...S69
F.234............2......278
Pneumonia (all forms)M.60144112...1511813
F.626411...146101218
Other respiratory diseasesM.16............3...1...543
F.17......1......222136
Peptic ulcerM.14............11...444...
F.5...............1112...
Diarrhœa, etc.M.3232..............................
F.32232......1...11121
AppendicitisM.11..................13421
F.17......23111441
Cirrhosis of liverM.8..................521...
F.5...............1...21...1
Other diseases of liver, etc.M.5.....................2...21
F.101............11241...
Other digestive diseasesM.233.........1223147
F.332...............347710
Acute and chronic nephritisM.26...............3...14126
F.36.........1...14351111
Puerperal sepsisF.4...............31............
Other puerperal causesF.1..................1............
Congenital debility, premature birth, malformation, etc.M.4241...............1............
F.252311........................
SenilityM.9........................117
F.20...........................119
SuicideM.13............1...2424...
F.13............11...5123
Other violenceM.475...I47641649
F.36122113313127
Other defined diseasesM.806112225972421
F.7422...1367792215
Causes ill-defined, or unknownM.....................................
F.....................................