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 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Parish]
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| Division I. (Adults.) | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 of Population, at all .ages | Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths at all ages. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Principal Zymotic Diseases | 460 | 2.7 | 159 |
| 2. Pulmonary Diseases | 511 | 3.0 | 178 |
| 3. Principal Tubercular Diseases ... | 289 | 1.7 | 100 |
| Division II (Infants under one year.) | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 of Births. | Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths under one year. |
| 4. Wasting Diseases | 167 | 44.9 | 255 |
| 5. Convulsive Diseases | 95 | 25.6 | 145 |
NOTES.
1. Includes Small-pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whoopingcough.
Typhus Fever, Enteric (or Typhoid) Fever, Simple Continued
Fever, and Diarrhoea. Seventy-seven of the deaths occurred in
Hospitals without the Parish.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Tuberculosis, Rickets, and Tabes.
4. Includes Debility, A-trophy, Inanition, Want of Breast-milk, and Prema-
ture Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus. Infantile Meningitis. Convulsions, and Teething.
(In Table III., Hydrocephalus and Infantile Meningitis are classified
with tubercular diseases, Convulsions with diseases of the nervous
system, and Teething with diseases of the digestive system)