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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 1881

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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Table: TABLE IV.Showing Total Deaths from certain groups of Diseases and rate of mortality therefrom, &c.

TABLE IV.

Showing Total Deaths from certain groups of Diseases and rate of mortality therefrom, &c.

Diseases.Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Population.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths.
1.—Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases3832.3140
2.—Pulmonary Diseases (other than Phthisis)5183.1190
3.—Tubercular Diseases3512.1128
4.—Wasting Diseases of Infants (under 5)1590.958
5.—Convulsive Diseases of Infants (under 5)1751.060

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NOTES.
1.—Includes Small-pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria,
Whooping Cough "Fever" and Diarrhœa. Fifty-four
of the deaths took place in Hospitals.
3.—Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, and Tabes.
4.—Includes Atrophy and Debility, Want of Breast Milk, and
Premature Birth.
5.—Includes Hydrocephalus and Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions
and Teething. (In Table III. Hydrocephalus and Infantile
Meningitis are included with Tubercular Diseases, raising
the total deaths in Order 2 of Class 2 "Constitutional
Diseases" to 467).