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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 1872
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
The only "public institutions " in the parish are the Hospital
for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, situated at Brompton,
and the parish Infirmary in Wright's Lane. In the former institution
00 deaths took place (males 47 and females 43). Of the
deceased only 5 (males 3 and females 2) were parishioners. The
Parish Infirmary being situated in the Town district, all the deaths
are registered in that district, to which, doubtless, a, very large
proportion of them properly belong. The deaths in this large and
important hospital were 174, viz., males 91 and females 83; and the
ages at which they occurred were as subjoined :—
Under one year 38
Between 1 and 5 10
„ 5 „ 20 4
„ 20 „ 40 19
„ 40 „ 60 42
„ 60 ,, 80 55
„ 80 upwards 6
174
The causes of death were as follow:-
| Measles | 1 | Brain disease and paralysis | 19 |
| Enteric fever | 1 | Convulsions | 2 |
| Continued fever | 1 | Heart disease | 14 |
| Diarrhoea | 5 | Laryngitis | 2 |
| Dysentery | 1 | Bronchitis | 30 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | Other pulmonary diseases | 7 |
| Rheumatism | 1 | Liver disease | 1 |
| Herpes zoster | 1 | Kidney „ | 2 |
| Puerperal disease, &e. | 2 | Uterine ,, | 1 |
| Ascites | 2 | Premature birth | 2 |
| Syphilis | 4 | Violent | 3 |
| Tubercular, Tabes, Marasmus, &e. | 28 | Natural decay | 4 |
| Bedsore 1, ulcer 1, various 2 | 4 | ||
| Phthisis | 25 | ||
| Gangrene | 1 | 174 | |
| Cancer | 9 |
INQUESTS.
One hundred and thirty-six inquests were held during the year,
viz. 116 in the Town district and 20 in the Brompton district.
The deaths occurred at ages as subjoined:—
Under 1 year 37
Between 1 year and 5 22
„ 5 „ 20 4
„ 20 „ 40 16
„ 40 „ 60 30
At 60 and upwards 27