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Kensington 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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deaths of non-parishioners at the Brompton Consumption Hospital) were as follows :—

Deaths under 1 year of age722
„ between 1 and 2 years300
,,,, 2 ,, 5 ,,196
,,,, 5 15 ,,104
„ 15 „ 25 „89
„ ,, 25 „ 35 „151
,, ,,35 ,, 45 „224
„ 45 „ 55 „224
,, ,, 55 ,, 65 ,,279
,, ,, 65 ,, 75 ,,311
,, „ 75 „ 85 „209
„ „ 85 ,, 90 „47
„ „ 95 and upwards4
2860

SPECIAL CAUSES OP DEATH.
Class 1.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Having already (at page 8) dealt with the deaths from the " seven
principal disease " of the zymotic class, I now proceed to make some
observations on the mortality from the remaining diseases included in
the first "Order " in this "class," viz.:— Miasmatic.
Croup.— This disease was the cause of 25 deaths all in the Town
sub-district, 21 of them being of children under five years of age.
Croup would appear, like diphtheria, to be on the increase of late years.
There were 13 deaths in 1876, the same number in 1877, 17
in 1878, and 25 in 1879. The deaths in Brompton in the first
three years respectively were 3, 2 and 1; in 1879 not one. The deaths