London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Kensington 1872

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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Order 3—Dietic. Privation........................Ulcer........................
Skin Disease, &c..........................
Want of Breast-milk........................IV. DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
1Purpura and Scurvy1......1............
Alcoholisma Del. Tremens........................Order 1—Diseases of Children.
b Intemperance........................53Premature Birth88..................
Order 4—Parisitic.1...Cyanosis........................
Spina Bifida11..................
Thrush........................1...Other Malformations11..................
Worms, &c.........................5...Teething862...............
II. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.Order 2—Diseases of Adults.
Paramenia........................
Order 1—Diathetic.1...Childbirth (see Puerperal Fever)1.........1.........
11Gout2...............2...
5Dropsy5...11......21
111Cancer12...1.........6......Order 3 — Diseases of Old People.
Cancrum Oris (Noma)........................
2Mortification2..................1102Old Age12...............57
Order 2— Tubercular.Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition.
3Scrofula311...1.........255Atrophy and Debility30281...1.........
112Tabes Mesenterica1376...............
4115Phthisis5622925171...V. VIOLENT DEATHS, &c.
428Hydrocephalus and Tubercular Meningitis2031511............Order 1—Accident or Negligence.
III. LOCAL DISEASES.3...Fractures and Contusions311......1......
1...Wounds1......1............
Order 1—N&tous System.4...Burns and Scalds ...4...3...............
21Cephalitis31......11......Poison........................
146Apoplexy20.........1711...Drowning........................
122Paralysis14...2...119111Suffocation22..................
Insanity........................Otherwise........................
Chorea........................
1Epilepsy1............1......Order 3—Homicide.
146Convulsions20164...............Murder and Manslaughter........................
92Brain Disease, &c.112......2421
Order 2—Organs of Circulation.1...Order 4—Suicide. Wounds: Gunshot, Cut, Stab1.........1.........
Poison........................
1Pericarditis1............1......Drowning........................
11Aneurism2.........1.........1...Hanging1............1......
267Heart Disease, &c.3311...41014...1...Otherwise1.........1.........
Order S—Respiratory organs.Order 5—Execution.
71Laryngitis834......1...Hanging........................
8718Bronchitis1052515...3104210Violent Deaths (not classed)........................
1...Pleurisy1...............1...Sudden deaths (cause unascertained)........................
145Pneumonia1929...1241
2...Asthma2............11...14...Causes not specified or ill defined14114512...
72Lung Disease, &c.95.........2...2