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Kensington 1938

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

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TABLE II.Causes of Death at Different Periods of Life in 1938.

Causes of Death.Sex.All ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years.16 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 year.75 and upwards.
ALL CAUSESM.9521062081229254288163246213
F.1,097691311923373880156270391
Typhoid and paratyphoid feversM.1................1....
F.........................
MeaslesM.71222..............
F.5211................
Scarlet feverM.........................
F.........................
Whooping coughM.422..................
F.1..1..................
DiphtheriaM.3..12................
F.5....41..............
InfluenzaM.5..............1111
F.8..............2231
Encephalitis lethargicaM.........................
F.........................
Cerebro-spinal feverM.1........1............
F.........................
Tuberculosis of respiratory systemM.56........881012962
F.37....1..101 04462..
Other tuberculous diseasesM.81..113..1....1..
F.5..12....11........
SyphilisM.101............342..
F.3..........111......
General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalisM.6................321
F.1..........* *1• •......
Cancer, malignant diseaseM.138..........* *314445620
F.176..........2920135348
DiabetesM.9................225
F.15..............1364
Cerebral haemorrhage, etc.M.37............137206
F.62............14161922
Heart diseaseM.248......224323477889
F.315......1244123286174
AneurysmM.6................231
F.4..........11..11..
Other circulatory diseasesM.52................61531
F.73............1162243
BronchitisM.3062....1....2379
F.253......1....41412
Pneumonia (all forms)M.832171..618* 910137
F.601442212152918
Other respiratory diseasesM.7............1..213
F.8..............3122
Peptic ulcerM.9..............2432
F.6............1....3..
Diarrhoea, etc.M.41363............1..1
F.18142......1....1....
AppendicitisM.3....11....1........
F.5................212
Cirrhosis of liverM.3..............2......
F.3................12..
Other diseases of liver, etc.M.3..............1..11
F.3................21..
Other digestive diseasesM.131..........22242
F.29..........1237115
Acute and chronic nephritisM.16......2......2453
F.18............13545
Puerperal sepsisF.2..........2..........
Other puerperal causesF.3..........3..........
Congenital debility, premature birth, malformation, etc.
M.3332..1................
F.3332................1..
SenilityM.4..................13
F.18..................315
SuicideM.11........1322111
F.13........3112231
Other violenceM.25..1....4344..18
F.451....223..48718
Other defined diseasesM.8051..33556102319
F.94331335911142715
Causes ill-defined, or unknownM.........................
F.4••••......••..••1..3