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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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uses of Death at Different Periods of Life in 1939.
| Cause of Death. | Sex. | All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 yrs. | 2 and under 5 yrs. | 5 and under 15 yrs. | 15 and under 25 yrs. | 25 and under 35 yrs. | 35 and under 45 yrs. | 45 and under 55 yrs. | 55 and under 65 yrs. | 65 and under 75 yrs. | 75 and upward |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL CAUSES | (M. | 931 | 79 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 45 | 100 | 194 | 227 | 221 |
| (F. | 1141 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 36 | 46 | 68 | 162 | 295 | 447 | |
| Whooping cough | (M. | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| (F. | 4 | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Diphtheria | (M. | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | £ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| (F. | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | : | – | – | – | ||
| Influenza | (M. | 9 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| (P. | 32 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | 20 | ||
| Encephalitis lethargies | (M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | " | – | – | – |
| (F. | 5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | |
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | (M. | 51 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 5 | – |
| (F. | 30 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Other tuberculous diseases. | (M. | 4 | 1 | – | – I | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | |
| (F. | 4 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | |
| Syphilis | (M. | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | i |
| (F. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| General paralysis of insane, tabes dorsalis | (M. | 4 | – | — | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | ??? | – | – | |
| 2 | (F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Cancer, malignant disease. | (M. | 146 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 13 | 53 | 49 | 26 |
| (F. | 191 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 53 | 62 | 43 | |
| Diabetes | (M. | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| (P. | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 3 | |
| Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. | (M. | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| (F. | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 28 | |
| Heart disease | (M. | 253 | – | – | – | – | -- | 2 | 5 | 23 | 50 | 76 | 97 |
| (F. | 314 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 29 | 82 | 177 | |
| Aneurysm | (M. | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – |
| (F. | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Other circulatory diseases | (M. | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 9 | 18 | 17 |
| (F. | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 46 | |
| Bronchitis | (M. | 25 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| (F. | 27 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms). | (M. | 53 | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 16 |
| (F. | 76 | 7 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 29 |