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Kensington 1873

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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Table: TABLE III.Deaths Registered from all causes during the year 1873.(The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-residents being excluded.)TABLE IIIA.Deaths Registered in each Sab-district, from all causes, and in each of the four Quarters, 1873.(Deaths of non-residents in Hospitals excluded.)

TABLE III.

Deaths Registered from all causes during the year 1873.

(The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-residents being excluded.)

TABLE IIIA.

Deaths Registered in each Sab-district, from all causes, and in each of the four Quarters, 1873.

(Deaths of non-residents in Hospitals excluded.)

CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total deaths under Five.Grand Total.Kensington Town.Brompton.Total 1st Quarter.Kensington Town.Brompton.Total2nd Quarter.Kensington Town.Brompton.Total3rd Quarter.Kensington Town.Brompton.Total 4th Quarter.
Under 1.1 to 2.2 to 5.6 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 86.85 to 95.95 and upwards
(classes) I. ZYMOTIC DISEASES1686536311324141791492...26940249217052961138281668817105
II. CONSTITUTIONAL4842252746797557381615......1154689924123983112978209810117118
III. LOCAL22284412925478011312318810616...347107423867305188482361542517928866354
IV. DEVELOPMENTAL1961471264......1146172217306601373521668701080691685
V. VIOLENT DEATHS1433626576223...20591211311...111521715318
(Not specified).82142434321......1134731073103149110
6562101139890166181198179233179382979234346512959440810751546886544570120690
I. ZYMOTIC DISEASES Order 1.—miasmatic.
Small-pox...............1...........................1...1...........................
Measles816113...........................35382131...111225732
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)1...4311.....................5101123141...13...3
Diphtheria2121...1111...1......5111...11342133...3
Quinsy.................................................................................
Croup5465...........................15202135162138...8
Whooping-cough181664...........................404414519131144156...6
Typhus......2......2.........2.........261...11...12...22...2
Enteric or Typhoid Fever1221134...31............52764104156...6336
Simple continued Feverl2311........................682...21............2.........
Erysipelas3............1364511...3248195...54...47...7
Puerperal Fever (Metria)............485.....................17...112...2616718
Carbuncle.................................................................................
Influenza.................................................................................
Dysentery21...............2......1......36.........2...22...22...2
Diarrhoea10821...1...1...22451...1291455389110951911412113
Simple Cholera21......1......1...............35..................415.........
Ague..................1.....................1..................1...1.........
Remittent Fever.................................................................................
Rheumatism.........2332...121.........141122...2...22358
Other Zymotic Diseases.................................................................................
Order 2—enthetic.
Syphilis91............1..................10112...22133...33...3
Stricture of Urethra.................................................................................
Hydrophobia.................................................................................
Glanders.................................................................................
Order 3.—dietic.
Privation..........................................1....................................
Want of Breast-milk3.......................................3...3112............11.........
Purpura and Scurvy.................................................................................
Alco- a Del. Tremens...............1...2...1............41...1.........1...12...2
holism b Intemperance...............1........................1...11...........................
Order 4.—parasitic.
Thrush5....................................55112.........3...3.........
Worms, &c..................................................................................
1686536311324141791492...26940249217052961138281668817105
II. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Order 1.—diathetic.
Gout........................1...1.........2.........2...2..................
Dropsy.......................................172...21...14...4.........
Cancer............1671314109.........601011112618741117320
Cancram Oris (Noma).................................................................................
Mortification........................132.........6213............11...22
Order 2.—tubercular.
Scrofula22281...1..................6166...63362...2112
Tabes Mesenterica131045...........................2732102125...6516718
Phthisis6...71343736644212.........2228460187861157648146262668
Hydrocephalus and Tuber cular Meningitis26211211........................596192111462012...1214418
4842252746797557381615......1154689924123983112978209810117118
III. LOCAL DISEASES.
Order 1.—nervous system
Cephalitis1133...31..................5124...41...12...2415
Apoplexy2.........1341320197......2692062615318113147411
Paralysis...............223914165......51971643771010616
Insanity..................12..................31...1.........1...11...1
Chorea............1...........................1...........................1...1
Epilepsy............132111............91...12131232...2
Convulsions57155..............................777716319177241441815116
Brain Disease, &c.161...111781131...8415...56281111213316
Order 2.—organs of circulation.
Pericarditis2...11......21...............37...112...22...2112
Aneurism...............123......1.........7.........2...22...23...3
Heart Disease, &c.22...27111718213323......4136281240284322022233942
Order 3.—respiratory organs.
Laryngitis65...1...........................111241511122...23...
Bronchitis8423113218153257277...11827075199444852212238417101
Pleurisy.........11212......1.........86171...1..................
Pneumonia4128166367105721...85132273303033314...14451055
Asthma...............136363.........22314527.........11...11
Lunq Disease, &c8......3...157384......839831152731115217
Order 4.—digestive organs.
Gastritis...1.........11..................131...1...111...1.........
Enteritis7112...4...3...............9183......4...4516325
Peritonitis4...143......2...............5161......415314516
Ascites..................1......2............31...11..................11
Ulceration of Intestines..................3...121.........7213.........1...1213
Hernia.................................................................................
Ileus...........................11.........2..................2...2.........
Intussusception.........11...........................2.........1...1...11.........
Stricture of Intestines...............1.........1.........131121...1..................
Fistula.................................................................................
Stomach Disease, &c.............1...1...111.........5112.........2...21...1
Pancreas Disease, &c..................................................................................
Hepatitis...............111...2............5.........3141...1.........
Jaundice3...............11...121...392133...31...11...1
Liver Disease, &c.1......1...1563911...128527336527549
Spleen Disease,&c....1....................................11.........11..................
Order 5.—urinary organs
Nephritis1....................................11......1...........................
Ischuria.................................................................................
Bright's Disease (Nephria)......1...13......543......130617135102126...6
Diabetes..................21......1.........4.........1......1...1.........
Calculus (Stone).................................................................................
Cystitis.....................1111.........4..................1...13...3
Kidney Uisease, &c.............1111353.........153251...12...2617
Order 6.—organs op generation.
Ovarian Dropsy..................121...2.........61...1.........3...32...2
Uterus Disease, &e.........................11............2............11.........1...1
Order 7.—organs op locomotion.
Synovitis (Arthritis)..............................1.........1..................1...1.........
Joint Disease, &c............................1............1...........................1...1
Order 8.—integumentary system.
Phlegmon11111.........31.........393...31...12...2123
Ulcer........................2...1.........3......1.........2...2.........
Skin Disease, &c..................................................................................
22284412925478011312318810616...347107423867305188482361542517928666352
IV. DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES. Order 1.—diseases or children.
Premature Birth42....................................4242931277146610516
Cyanosis2....................................22.........1...11...............
Spina Bifida3....................................33.....................11112
Other Malformations2....................................22.........1...1............11
Teething15103..............................28285217294...4628
Order 2.—diseases op adults.
Paramenia.................................................................................
Childbirth, (see Puerperal fvr)............261.....................123...32131...1415
Order 3.—diseases op old people.
Old Age...........................1146172...7616420134171621818321
Order 4.—diseases op nutrition.
Atrophy and Debility132441...........................14014124431212234324535742
1961471264......1146172217306601373521668701080691685
V.VIOLENT DEATHS,&c Order 1.—accident or negligence.
Fractures and Contusions1...1315331113...2233143...361610...10
Wounds...........................1............1....................................
Burns and Scalds......21...........................35.........1...1............1...
Poison.................................................................................
Drowning........................1......................................................
Suffocation111...21.........1............12163...33...3415616
Otherwise2....................................22..................2...2.........
Order 3.—homicide. Murder and Manslaughter...1.................................111...1...........................
Order 4.—suicide.
Wounds: Gunshot,Cut,Stab.....................3..................3.........3...3............11
Poison..................2...1...............3.........1...12...2.........
Drowning........................2...............21...1.........1...1.........
Hanging...............1............1.........21...1.........1...1.........
Otherwise.................................................................................
Order 6.—execution.
Hanging.................................................................................
Violent Deaths (not classed).................................................................................
Sudden Deaths (cause unascertained).................................................................................
Causes not specified or ill defined143362657622320591211311...111521716318
82142434321......1134731073103149110
CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 1.1 to 2.2 to 5.6 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.65 to 65.65 to 75.76 to 85.85 to 96.95 andTotal deaths under Five.Grand Total.KensingtonBrompton.TotalKensingtonBrompton.Total 2nd QuarterKengston TownBrompton.TotalKensington TownBrompton.Total 4th Quarter.
AGES.