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Kensington 1861

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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Table: KENSINGTON PARISH.DISEASES AND AGES AT DEATH DURING THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1861.

KENSINGTON PARISH.DISEASES AND AGES AT DEATH DURING THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1861.

CAUSES OF DEATHUnder 20 Years.20 & under 4040 & under 6060 & under 8080 & upwardTotal of all AgesCAUSES OF DEATH.Under 20 Years.20 & under 4040 & under 6060 &under 8080 & upwardTotal of all Ages
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Class i.—Order i.
1 Small Pox............................Small Pox............05 Ulceration of Intestine...............1......Ulc. Intest......2...3
2 Measles...613.........1Measles1.........136 Hernia........................Hernia............0
3 Scarlatina11..................Scarlatina............107 Ileus........................Ileus......1...1
4 Quinsy.........2...............Quinsy............08 Intussusception........................Intussus............0
5 Croup1222............Croup............69 Stricture of Intestines........................Strict. Intes............0
6 Whooping Cough72.....................Wh. Cough.............1310 Fistula........................Fistula............0
7 Typhus........................Typhus............011 Stomach D., &c.2............1......Stomach D.............3
8 Erysipelas...........................Erysipelas............112 Pancreas D., &c.........................Pancreas D.............0
9 Metria...........................Metria............013 Hepatitis........................Hepatitis............0
10 Carbuncle...........................Carbuncle............014 Jaundice........................Jaundice............1
11 Influenza...........................Influenza............015 Liver D., &c......................2Liver D......46
12 Dysentery...........................Dysentery............116 Splean D., &c.........................Spleen D............0
13 Diarrhœa4............1...1Diarrhœa............7Order V.
14 Cholera...........................Cholera............01 Nephritis.....................Nephritis............0
15 Ague..........................Ague............02 Ischuria........................Is huria............0
16 Fever12...110......Fever2.........73 Nephria........................Nephria............0
17 Rhematism...........................Rheumatism............04 Diabetes........................D abates............0
Order ii.5 Stone........................Stone......1...1
1 Syphilis1........................Syphilis1.........26 Cystitis........................Cystitis............0
2 Stricture of Urethra...........................Strict. Uret............07 Kidney D., &c.........................Kidney D.112...5
3 Hydrophobia........................Hydrophobia............0Order VI.
4 Glanders...........................Glanders............01 Ovarian Dropsy........................Over. Drop............1
Order III....2 Uterus D., &c.........................Uterus D............0
1Privation........................Privation............0Order VII....
2 Want of Breast milk1........................Wt. of Milk............1.....................Arthritis............0
3 Purpura and Scurvy...........................Purpura............01 Arthritis........................Joint D.........0
a. Del. Trem....................................02 Joint D., &c....
4Alcohol.b. Intemp......................A Del Tr.............0Order VIII.............Phlegmon............0
Order IV.Intem1 Phlegmon..................Ulcer............0
1 brush .1.....................Thrush............12 Ulcer........................Skin D............1
2Worms...........................Worms............03 Skin D., &c....1...............
Class II.—Order I....Class IV.—Order I.......Prem Birth............10
1 Gout...........................Gout1.........11 Premature Birth10.....................Cyanosis Cyanosis............0
2 Dropay...........................Dropsy14......52 Cyanosis........................Spina Bifid............0
3 Cancer...........................Cancer332...83 Spina Bifida........................Oth. Malf............3
4 Noma........................Noma............04 Other malformations3.....................Teeth............1
5 Mortification........................Mortif1.........15 Teething...1...............
OrderII.Order II.......aramen......0
1 Scrofula........................Scorfula1.........11 Paramenia........................Childbirth............0
2 Tabes Mesentrica2111...3......Tabes Mes............82 Childbirth..............................
3 Phthisis21...112211Phthisis485......73Order III................Old Age......3710
4 Hydrocephalus3211............Hydceph1.........81 Old Age.....................
Class III.—OrderI.Order IV.1Atro. Deb
1 Cephalitis11..................Cephalitis............11 Antro. and Deb1231...............3...20
2 Apoplexy...........................Apoplexy34......7Class V.—Order I. (Accident or Negligence)...
3 Paralysis...........................Paralysis............51 Fract, and Cont...............Fract. Con............0
4 Insanity........................Insanity............02 Gun-shot........................Gun-shot W............0
5 Chorea...........................Chorea............03 Cut Stab........................Cut, Stab............0
6 Epilepsy........................Epilepsy1.........14 Burns and Sealds........................Burns, &c.............0
7 Convulsions61............11Convulsions1.........105 Poison........................Poison............0
8. Brain D. &c.......2..................Brain D212...76 Drowning........................Drowning............0
OrderII.7 Suffocation........................Suffocation............2
1 Pericarditis...........................Pericarditis............08 Otherwise11..................Otherwise............0
2 Aneurism...........................Aneurism............0Order III.*—(Homicide)...........................
8 Hearth D., &c............................Heart D.375...151 Mur. and mans1...............Mur. & Man............1
Order IIIOrder IV.—(Suicide)......
1 Laryngitis........................Laryngitis............01 Gun-shot WGun-shot W.1.........0
2 Bronchitis521...............Bronchitis...65...192 Cut, Stab........................Cut, Stab............1
3 Pleurisy...........................Pleurisy......1...13 Poison........................Poison............0
4Pneumonia21.........21......Pneumon1...1...84 Drowning........................Drowning............0
5 Asthma...........................Asthma1.........15 Hanging........................Danging1......1
6 Lung D.,&c.22......2...11Lung D2...2...126 Otherwise............ 1............Otherwise1.........2
Order iv....Order V.—(Execution.).....................
1 Gastritis.................................0Hanging...Hanging............0
2 Enteritis............11.........Enteritis............2Other Viol. Deaths (Not classd.)........................ ...Oth. Viol............0
3 Peritonitis...........................Peritonitis2.........2Sudden Deaths (caus unastd)........................Sud. Deaths...............0
4. Ascites...........................Ascites............0Cause not specified or ill-defined.... 2... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ......Not Spec.............2

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* Order II„ comprising Violent Deaths in Buttle is omitted, as inapplicable to the civil population.
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