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Kensington 1896

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

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Table: TABLE III.Deaths registered from all causes in the year 1896.(Exclusive of the Deaths of Non-Parishioners at Public Institutions within the Parish, but inclusive of the Deaths of Parishioners at Public Institutions, etc., without the Parish.) For a Summary of this Table see Page 64.

TABLE III.

Deaths registered from all causes in the year 1896.

(Exclusive of the Deaths of Non-Parishioners at Public Institutions within the Parish, but inclusive of the Deaths of Parishioners at Public Institutions, etc., without the Parish.)

For a Summary of this Table see Page 64.

CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total All Ages.Sub-district.
0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwardsKensington Town.Brompton.
CLASSES.
1. SPECIFIC FEBRILE or ZYMOTIC DISEASES142261529813101083140351744671
II. PARASTIC DISEASES4........................1...4541
III. DIETETIC DISEASES1.........3831.........116115
IV. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES36341946689885815625...70548423125
V. DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES102..................220604110222518342
VI.LOCAL DISEASES255139294862118124197211142283941,3531,093260
VII. DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE226671261512852281018021
VIII. DEATHS FROM ILL-DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES941511222333...10912610422
656455107111155245239306306239721,1112,8912,344547
I. SPECIFIC FEBRILE or ZYMOTIC DISEASES. Order 1.—Miasmatic Diseases.
Small-pox.............................................
Measles3212115......2...............15617315419
Scarlet Fever126102.....................2739363
Typhus.............................................
Whooping-Cough39582........................9799954
Diphtheria5422211......1.........47724626
Simple Continued or Ill-defined Fever.....................1............1...1
Enteric or Typhoid Fever......123432............15123
Other Miasmatic Diseases—Influenza12...1...342421320155
2.—Diarrheal Diseases.
Simple Cholera2..............................222...
Diarrhoea, Dysentery507..................31...5761556
3.—Malarial Diseases.
Remittent Fever.............................................
Ague......1...............1.........22...
4.—Zoogenous Diseases.
Cow-pox. and effects of Vaccination.............................................
Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia, Glanders, Splenic Fever).............................................
5.—Venereal Diseases.
Syphilis11211...12............1318153
Gonorrhæa. Stricture of the Urethra..................12............33...
6.—Septic Diseases.
Erysipelasl............2...1.........144...
Pyæmia, Septicaemia..................1............11...
Puerperal Fever.........241..................761
142261529813101083140351744671
II.—PARASITIC DISEASES.
Thrush, and other Vegetable Parasitic Diseases4........................1...4541
Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Parasitic Diseases.............................................
4........................1...4541
III DIETETIC DISEASES.
Want of Breast Milk—Starvation1..............................111...
Scurvy............1.....................11...
Chronic Acoholism............1531............1055
Delirium Tremens............13..................44...
1.........3831.........116115
IV.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Rheumatic Fever. Rheumatism of the Heart......13213...1.........1165
Rheumatism.........1............2.........33...
Gout...............1...222......752
Rickets42...........................6651
Cancer, Malignant Disease1...1421841493918...117312449
Tabes Mesenterica82...........................101091
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus82052.....................2835287
Phthisis354265873392191...823919148
Other forms of Tuberculosis. Scrofula1158532...............1634304
Purpura, Hæmorrhagic Diathesis1..............................11...1
Anæmia. Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia.........2...1...31.........752
Glycosuria, Diabetes Mellitus.........3322624......22175
Other Constitutional Diseases.............................................
36341946689885815625...70548423125