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 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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FIRST QUARTER.
| Under 1 year | 1 year to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 60 | 60 to 75 | over 75 | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epidemic Diseases. | Fever | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | ||||
| Small Pox | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
| Measles | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||
| Scarlatina | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Hooping-cough & Croup | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||
| Diarrhæa, English Cholera & Dysentery | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| Consumption | 2 | 1 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 63 | |||
| Other Diseases of Lungs | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 43 | ||
| Heart Diseases | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | |||||
| Brain do. | 9 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 43 | |||||
| Other do. | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 74 281 | ||
| SECOND QUARTER. | |||||||||||
| Under 1 year | 1 year to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 60 | 60 to 75 | over 75 | Total. | ||
| Epidemic Diseases. | Fever | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | ||||
| Small Pox | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Measles | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||
| Scarlatina | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||
| Hooping-cough & Croup Diarrhæa | 1 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 8 | ||
| Consumption | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 66 | ||||
| Other Diseases of Lungs | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 45 | |
| Heart Diseases | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| Brain do. | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 37 | ||
| Other do. | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 79 | |