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Kensington 1860

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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Table: DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE PARISH OF KENSINGTON DURING THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1860.

DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE PARISH OF KENSINGTON DURING THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1860.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 20 Years.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and Up. wards.Total.CAUSES Of DEATH.Under 20 Years.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and Upwards.Total.
01234510150123451015
CLASS I—Order I.4 Ascites................1........
1 Small Pox..........2....1......35 Ulceration of Intestine..........................
2 Measles..........................6 Hernia....................112
3 Scarlatina..2..412411......157 Ileus..........................
4 Quinsy..........................8 Intussusception..........................
5 Croup1111................49 Stricture of Intestines..........................
6 Whooping Cough513..................910 Fistula..........................
7 Typhus........2..2..........611 Stomach D., &c.............1..11115
8 Erysipelas2................21..512 Pancreas D., &c...........................
9 Metria..........................13 Hepatitis..................1....1
10 Carbuncle..........................14 Jaundice....................1..1
11 Influenza..........................,15 Liver D., &c.................1..2..3
12 Dysentery..........................16 Spleen D., &c...........................
13 Diarrhoea2..............1......3Order V.
14 Cholera..........................
15 Ague..........................1 Nephritis......1................1
16 Remittent Fever..........................2 Ischuria..........................
17 Rheumatism....1..................13 Nephria..........................
4 Diabetes..................1....1
Order II.5 Stone..........................
1 Syphilis..........................6 Cystitis..........................
2 Stricture of Urethra..........................7 Kidney D., &c.................1......1
3 Hydrophobia..........................Order VI.
4 Glanders..........................
Order III.1 Ovarian Dropsy..................2....2
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.............1..221..6
(b. Intemperance..........................Order VIII.
Order IV.1 Phlegmon..........................
1 Thrush1......................12 Ulcer......1..1......1....3
2 Worms, &c..........................3 skin D., &c...........................
CLASS II.—Order I.CLASS IV.-Order I.
1 Gout....................1..11 Premature Birth3......................3
2 Dropsy............1..1..1142 Cyanosis..........................
3 Cancer..................112..133 Spina Bifida..........................
4 Noma..........................4 Other malformations..........................
5 Mortification..........................5 Teething..........................
Order II.Order II.
1 Scrofula..........................1 Paramenia..........................
2 Tabes Mesenterica1111..1............52 Childbirth................1......1
3 Phthisis..........1649204..80Order III.
4 Hydrocephalus..........................1 old Age....................14923
CLASS III.—Order I.Order IV.
1 Cephalitis......2..1............31 Atrophy and Debility1012..........111..16
2 Apoplexy......2..........24210
3 Paralysis....................112CLASS V.—Order I.—Accident or Negligence.
4 Insanity....................1..1
5 Chorea..........................1 Fracture and Contusion..........................
6 Epilepsy..............111....32 Gur-shot..........................
7 Convulsions1031..................143 Cut, Stab..........................
8 Brain D., &c.423..........2121154 Burns and Scalds..........................
Order II.5 Poison..........................
6 Drowning..........................
1 Pericarditis..........................7 Suffocation................11....2
2 Aneurism..........................8 Otherwise..........................
3 Heart D., &c1........1......229..15Order III.—Homicide.
Order III.1 Murder and Manslaughter..........................
1 Laryngitis..........................
2 Bronchitis651..........137..23Order IV.—Suicide.
3 Pleurisy......1................11 Gun-shot Wound..........................
4 Pneumonia..4......1....215..132 Cut, Stab..........................
5 Asthma....................4..43 Poison..........................
6 Lung D., &c...1............11..144 Drowning..........................
Order IV.5 Hanging..........................
6 Otherwise..........................
1 Gastritis..........................
2 Enteritis................1..1..2Sudden Deaths (cause unascertd)...........................
3 Peritonitis................1......1Causo not specified or ill-defined.2..............21..16