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.- Dictic.Slin Disesase, &c.....................
Privation........................IV. DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES. Order 1.—Diseases of Children.
IWant of Breast-milk........................
Purpura and Scurvy........................
Alcoholisma Del. Tremens........................
b Intemperance........................4...Premature Birth44..................
Order 4.—Parasitic.2...Cyanosis22..................
Spina Bifida........................
21Thrush32.........1......Other Malformations........................
Worms, &c.........................31Teething131...............
II. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES. Order 1.—Diathetic.Order 2.—Diseases of Adults. Paramenia........................
3...Childbirth (see Puerperal Fever3......12.........
Gout........................Order 3.—Diseases of old People.
1...Dropsy1............1......
181Cancer19.........3124...
Cancrum Oris (Noma)........................154Old Age19...............109
1...Mortification1..................1Order 4.—Diseases of Nutrition
Order 2.—Tubercular.454Atrophy and Debility4946...12.........
Scrofula........................
143Tabes Mesenterica17143...............V. VIOLENT DEATHS, &c. Order 1—Accident or Neglig- gence
4113Phthisis54...2102715......
173Hydrocephalus and Tubercular Meningitis20893............13Fractures and Contusions4...1...1......2
Wounds........................
III. LOCAL DISEASES. Order 1.—Nervous System.1...Burns and Scalds1...1...............
Poison........................
6...Cephalitis6...4...2.........Drowning........................
13...Apoplexy13............58...3...Suffocation31.........11...
61Paralysis7............241Otherwise........................
Insanity........................Order 3.—Homicide.
Chorea........................
21Epilepsy3.........11...11...Murder and Manslaughter1...1...............
133Convulsions16142...............Order 4.—Suicide.
4...Brain Disease, &c.4.........121...
Wounds : Gunshot, Cut, btab........................
Order 2.—0rqans of CirculationPoison........................
Pericarditis........................Drowning........................
1...Aneurism1.........1.........Hanging........................
159Heart Disease, &c.24.........371312...Otherwise22..................
Order 3.—Resviratorii Organs.Order 5.—Execution.
32Laryngitis5311............Hanging
156Bronchitis217111161Violent Deaths (not classed).........
Pleurisy........................Sudden Deaths (cause unascertained)...
161Pneumonia17453122...
Asthma........................4...Causes not specified or ill-de- fined4......1...12...
6...Lung Disease, &c.611...112...