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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| Under 1 year | l year to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 36 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 60 | 60 to 75 | over 75 | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epidemic Diseases. | Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| Small Pox | |||||||||||
| Measles | 5 | 6 | 11 | ||||||||
| Scarlatina | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| Hooping-cough & Croup | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| Diarrhæa, English Cholera& Dysentery | 28 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 51 | ||||
| Consumption | 3 | 3 | 26 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 88 | |||
| Other Lung Diseases | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 25 | |||
| Heart do. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Brain do. | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 36 | |
| Other do. | 35 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 80 | |
| 334 | |||||||||||
| FOURTH 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 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Small Pox | |||||||||||
| Measles | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Scarlatina | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| Hooping-cough & Croup | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | |||||||
| Diarrhæa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| Consumption | 5 | 1 | 25 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 79 | ||
| Other Lung Diseases | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 50 | ||
| Heart do. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | ||||
| Brain do. | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 87 | ||
| Other do. | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 91 | |
| 304 | |||||||||||
| 1,199 | |||||||||||