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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herself while of unsound mind." Two sudden deaths— occurring
shortly after the admission of the patients— were brought under the
Coroner's notice, but an enquiry was deemed unnecessary, and the
c ause of death being unknown, the deaths were registered as " not
certified."
The causes of death may be grouped as follows :—
Under one year. | Between one year and sixty. | Sixty and upwards. | Total, | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nervous System, Diseases of | 4 | 15 | 29 | 48 |
Circulation, Organs of „ | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Respiration, „ „ | 2 | 27 | 47 | 76 |
Abdominal Yiscera ,, | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
Measles | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Whooping Cough | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Erysipelas | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Pyaemia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Syphilis | 0 | 1 | o | 1 |
Want of Breast Milk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Delirium Tremens | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Gout | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Cancer | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Stomatitis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mortification | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Scrofula | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Phthisis | 0 | 48 | 8 | 56 |
Ulcer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Disease of Joints | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Premature Birth | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Atrophy and Debility | 12 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
Anaemia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Old Age | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
Various Diseases | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Pall on pavement | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Drowning | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Unknown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
31 | 125 | 131 | 287 |