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Kensington 1860

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE PARISH OF KENSINGTON DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF I860.'

CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 20 Years.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.8O and Upwards.Total.CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 20 Years.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and Upwards.Total.
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CLASS I.—ORDER I.4 Ascites..........................
1 Small Pox....1..........1......25 Ulceration of Intestines..........................
2 Measles13..1......1........66 Hernia...................1..12
3 Scarlatina482418....1......237 Ileus.........................
4 Quinsy21....12............68 Intussesception..........................
5 Croup35511..1..........169 Stricture of Intestines..........................
6 Whooping Cough-..1..1....1..........610 Fistula..........................
7 Typhus................1..2....11 Stomach, D., &c...................1....1
8 Ersyipelas..........................12 Pancreas, D., &c...........................
9 Metria..........................13 Hepitatis..................11..2
10 Carbuncle..........................14 Jaundice....................1..1
11 Influenza..........................15 Liver D., &c.....................2..2
12 Dysentery..................1• •..116 Spleen D., &c.1......................1
13 Diarrhœa1......................1Order V.
14 Cholera..........................
15 Ague..........................1 Nephritis..........................
16 Remittent Fever..........................2 Ischuria..........................
17 Rheumatism..........................3 Nephria..........................
*4 Diabetea................211..4
Order II.5 Stone....................1..1
1 Syphilis..........................6 Cystitis..........................
2 Stricture of Urethra..........................7 Kidney D., &c...........................
3 Hydrophobia..........................
4 Glandera..........................Order VI.
Order III.1 Ovarian Dropsy..........................
2 Uterus D., &c...........................
1 Privation..........................Order VII.
2 Want of Breast-milk..........................
3 Purpura and Scurvy..........................1 Arthritis..........................
4 Alcohol (a. Del. Tremens..........................2 Joint D., &c...........................
( b. Intemperance..........................Order VIII.-
Order IV.1 Phlegmon..........................
1 Thrush1......................12 Ulcer..1............1..1..3
2 Worms, &c...........................3 Skin, D., &c...................1....1
CLASS II.—Order I.CLASS IV.—Order I.
1 Gout....................1..11 Premature Birth4......................4
2 Dropsy..1..............14..62 Cyanosis..........................
3 Cancer..................4....43 Spina Bifida1......................1
4 Noma..........................4 Other Malformations........................7
5 Mortification..........................5 Teething43......................
Order II.Order II.
1 Scrofula..........................1 Paramenia..........................
2 Tabes Mesenterica3112....1..........82 Childbirth..........................
3 Phthisis..2..1..22239131..61Order III.
4 Hydrocephalus32••• •................51 Old Age....................13821
CLASS III.—Order I.Order IV. 1 Atrophy and Debility611....1............9
1 Cephalitis....1....1..11..1..5
2 Apoplexy..1..............22..5CLASS V.—Order I.—Accident or Negligence.
3 Paralysis....................6..6
4 Insanity..........................
5 Chorea...........................1 Fracture and Contusion..........1............1
6 Epilepsy................1......12 Gun-shot..........................
7 Convulsiona....2..11............163 Cut, Stab..........................
8 Brain D., &c...1..1..........21..54 Burns and Scalds..........................
Order II.5 Poison..........................
6 Drowning..........................
1 Pericarditis..........................7 Suffocation1..................1..2
2 Aneurism..........................8 Otherwise....................1..1
2 Heart, D., &c.1........1....175..15Order III.—Homicide. 1 Murder and Manslaughter2......................2
Order III.
1 Laryngitis..........................
2 Bronchitis2531..........1220254Order IV.—Suicide.
3 Pleurisy..........................1 Gun-shot Wound..........................
4 Pneumonia15719..2............282 Cut, Stab..........................
5 Asthma..........................3 Poison..........................
6 Lung D., &c.................21....34 Drowning..........................
Order IV.5 Hanging..........................
6 Otherwise..........................
1 Gastritis..........................Sudden Deaths, causcs unascertd...........................
2 Enteritis..1................1..2
3 Peritonitis1............1..1....3Cause not specified or ill-defined31....1......2..1..8