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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 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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The following table shows the number of deaths due to the chief great classes of diseases:—
| Kensington Town Sub-District. | Brompton Sub-District. | Total. | Deaths per 1,000 living. | Deaths Per 1,000 Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zymotic diseases (all) 555 | 79 | 634 | 4.1 | 212 |
| Constitutional „ 498 | 107 | 605 | 3.9 | 196 |
| Local „ 1105 | 238 | 1343 | 8.6 | 434 |
| Developmental „ 279 | 63 | 342 | 2.2 | 111 |
| Deaths from Violence 52 | 11 | 63 | 0.4 | 16 |
SPECIAL CAUSES OP DEATH.
Class 1.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The class of diseases called Zymotic comprises four Orders, and the
total deaths were 634, exclusive of 23 that took place in the hospitals
belonging to the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
Order 1. Miasmatic.— The deaths from the "seven principal
diseases" of the zymotic class (to adopt the customary phraseology,
although nine diseases, including the three varieties of "Fever" are
comprised in this definition), were 543 in number. To this total 23
deaths that took place in the hospitals of the Asylums Board must be
added, viz., 16 from small-pox and 7 from "fever," thus raising the
total to 566.
Of the deaths registered as occurring in the parish, 476 took place in the Town Sub-District and 67 in Brompton, as follows:—
| Town. | Brompton. | Total.* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Measles | 48 | 3 | 51 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 60 | 8 | 68 | |
| Diphtheria | 22 | 0 | 22 | |
| Whooping Cough | 165 | 22 | 187 | |
| "Fever" (31) | Typhus | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Enteric | 14 | 9 | 23 | |
| Simple continued | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Diarrhœa | 158 | 18 | 176 | |
| Total | 476 | 67 | 543 | |
| * These figures differ slightly from those in the Registrar-General's Annual Summary, which shows a total of 548. | ||||
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