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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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Table: PARCAUSES OF DE

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CAUSES OF DE

CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 20 Years80 & upwardTotal at all Ages.
0123451015
CLASS I.3
1 Small PoxSmall
2 Measles5522Mcasle1
3 Scarlatina33444211Scarlatina
4 Hooping Cough157841Hooping Cough
5 Croup1311Croup8
6 Thrush21Thrush
7 Diarrhœa539331Diarrhœa2
8 Dysentry11Dysentry9
9 CholeraCholera12
10 InfluenzaInfluenza
11 PurpuraPurpura
12 AgueAgue
13 Fever1211122Fever1
14 MetriaMetria
15 Rheumatic Fever1Rheumatic Fever
16 Erysipelas111Erysipelas
17 Syphilis 18 Noma (or Canker)Syphilis 18 Noma (or Canker)1
19 HydrophobiaHydrophobia91
class II.
20 HæmorrahgeHæmorrahge
21 Dropsy11Dropsy
22 Abscess1Abscess1
23 Ulcer1Ulcer1
24 FistulaFistula2
25 MortificationMortification
26 Cancer111Cancer
27 GoutGout
class III.
28 Scrofula7113Scrofula
29 Tabes Mesenterica1041Tabes Mesenterica
30 Phthisis4313119Phthisis
31 Hydrocephalus752122Hydrocephalus1
CLASS IV.
32 Cephalitis111Cephalitis
33 Apoplexy1Apoplexy4
34 ParalysisParalysis
35 Delirium TremensDelirium Tremens
36 ChoreaChorea
37 Epilepsy111Epilepsy25
38 TetanusTetanus
39 Insanity11Insanity
40 Convulsions26511Convulsions544
41 Disease of Brain, &c.21112Brain1841
class V.
42 PericarditisPericarditis
43 AneurismAneurism
44 Disease of Heart, &c.1113Heart
CLASS VI.
45 Laryngitis1Laryngitis2
46 Bronchitis251684231Bronchitis17
47 PleurisyPleurisy2
48 Pneumonia19251641421Pneumonia
49 AsthmaAsthma1
50 Disease of Lungs, &c.2Lungs2
class VII.
51 Toothing62Teething2
52 Qumsey1Quinsey1
53 GastritisGastritis6
54 Enteritis1Enteritis1
55 Peritonitis11Peritonitis2
56 Ascites11Aseites20