Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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The subjoined table shows the number of deaths from certain diseases in the two sub.districts and the number that would have occurred in the Town sub-district had the mortality been on the same scale as in Brompton, due regard beinghad to population:—
Name of Disease. | Actual No. of Deaths in the Town Sub. District. | Deaths in the Brompton Sub.District. | Calculated No. of Deaths in Town on the Brompton scale | Excess or Deficiency in Town compared with Brompton. | |
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The Seven prin. cipal Zymotic Diseases | 332 | 66 | 176 | + 156 | |
Measles | 115 | 6 | 20 | + 95 | |
Diphtheria | 24 | 2 | 6 | + 18 | |
Scarlet Fever | 28 | 4 | 12 | + 16 | |
Typhus Fever | 9 | 0 | 0 | + 9 | |
Enteric Fever | 19 | 9 | 2S | — 9 | |
Simple Con. tinued Fever | 11 | 4 | 13 | — 2 | |
Hooping Cough | 36 | 9 | 28 | + 8 | |
Diarrhoea | 90 | 22 | 69 | + 21 | |
Puerperal Fever | 18 | 6 | 19 | — J | |
Croup | 25 | 1 | 3 | + 22 | |
Erysipelas | 14 | 8 | 25 | — 11 | |
Cancer | 51 | 16 | 50 | + 1 | |
Tuberculous Diseases (phthisis, scrofula, &c.) | 268 | 59 | 186 | + 82 | |
Brain Disease, (Apoplexy and paralysis)' | 127 | 46 | 144 | — 17 | |
Convulsions | 50 | 9 | 28 | + 22 | |
Heart Disease | 102 . | 33 | 103 | — 1 | |
Lung Diseases | 461 | 93 | 292 | + 169 | |
Enteritis and Peritonitis | 34 | 5 | 16 | + 18 | |
Liver Disease | 30 | 7 | 22 | + 8 | |
Bright's Disease | 14 | 8 | 25 | — 11 | |
A trophy of childre | 143 | 20 | 63 | + 80 | |
Premature birth | 35 | 11 | 34 | + 1 | |
Childbirth | 11 | 3 | 9 | + 2 | |
Teething | 26 | 9 | 28 | — 2 | |
Old age | 79 | 15 | 47 | + 32 |