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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 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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Table: TABLE II. Causes of Death at Different Periods of Life in 1936.

TABLE II. Causes of Death at Different Periods of Life in 1936.

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 under25 years.25 and under 35 years.35 and under 45 years.45 and under 55 years.55 and under 66 years.65 and under 76 years.76 and upward
ALL CAUSESM.9959919911303838109195237210
F.1,2066423191723325392160269454
Typhoid and paratyphoid feversM.2...............11............
F.....................................
MeaslesM.1245o 21.....................
F.14275........................
Scarlet feverM.....................................
F.2...1...1..................
Whooping coughM.7412.....................
F.6222.....................
DiphtheriaM.31...2........................
F.8...1331..................
InfluenzaM.101..................1332
F.2411...1......2...478
Encephalitis lethargicaM.2.........1............1......
F.....................................
Cerebro-spinal feverM.....................................
F.2l...............1.........
Tuberculosis of respiratory sys- temM.67............11121218941
F.38............11856242
Other tuberculous diseasesM.102...1...1213.........
F.8...1...2121......1...
SyphilisM.71..................1221
F.1...........................1
General paralysis of the insane, r tabes dorsalisM.5..................121...1
F.1..................1............
Cancer, malignant diseaseM.129...l.........3123354125
F.192...............41828424751
DiabetesM.10............1...1......71
F.22.....................51106
Cerebral haemorrhage, etc.M.33..................181212
F.51..................1361823
Heart diseaseM.266...l......2...417549989
F.355.........1139144190196
AneurysmM.11.....................2513
F.5...............1...211
Other circulatory diseasesM.34...............1...210813
F.78..................2392440
BronchitisM.263...............24836
F.201............12412
Pneumonia (all forms)M.892171...32510151411
F.7113452...12...71621
Other respiratory diseasesM.9..................12411
F.5...........................14
Peptic ulcerM.11..................3422
F.12...............1...6311
Diarrhoea, etc.M.2119........................11
F.22191.........1............1
AppendicitisM.6...............1...2111
F.5.........11.........21...
Cirrhosis of liverM.6..................123......
F.5........................32...
Other diseases of liver, etc.M.2........................11...
F.12..................13134
Other digestive diseasesM.253......2114563
F.2612.........11...849
Acute and chronic nephritisM.25............12...2776
F.32......1......237514
Puerperal sepsisF.1............1..................
Other puerperal causesF.1...............1...............
Congenital debility, premature birth, malformation, etc.M.3030..............................
F.2120...1........................
SenilityM.3........................12
F.19.....................316
SuicideM.16............252142...
F.13...............212431
Other violenceM.3411156512255
F.42...2...142125718
Other defined diseasesM.8493...41347131624
F.915...2516515111724
Causes ill-defined, or unknownM.....................................
F.1..............................1