London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| Cause of Death. | Sex. | All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 yrs. | 2 and under 5 yrs. | 5 end 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 upwards. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| respiratory ases | (M. | 10 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| (F. | 17 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | |
| c ulcer | (M. | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| (F. | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 1 | |
| hoea, etc | (M. | 18 | 16 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| (F. | 9 | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| dicitise | (M. | 5 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| (F. | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | |
| osis of liver. | (M. | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | – |
| (F. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| diseases of liver, | (M. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| (F. | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
| digestive, dieeases and chronic | (M. | 15 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| (F. | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
| (M. | 25 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| ritis | (F. | 18 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| eral sepsis | (F. | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| puerperal causes. | (F. | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | ||
| ital debility,prere birth, malformation etc | (M. | 41 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| (F. | 26 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| ity | (M. | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 |
| (F. | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 26 | |
| ae | (M. | 20 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| (F. | 12 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | – | |
| violesee | (M. | 42 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
| (F. | 45 | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | |
| defined diseases. | (M. | 82 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 13 |
| F. | 81 | 2 | – | – | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 14 | |
| ill-defined, or own | (M. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |
| (F. | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |