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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CAUSES OF DEATHS. | Under one year. | Between one year and sixty | Sixty and upwards | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nervous System, Diseases of | 0 | 15 | 22 | 37 |
Circulatory Organs ,, | 0 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
Respiratory „ „ | 12 | 97 | 44 | 153 |
Abdominal Viscera ,, | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Urinary Organs „ | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
Tetanus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Measles | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Typhoid Fever | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Septicaemia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Pyaemia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Croup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Whooping Cough | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Diarrhœa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Erysipelas | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Syphilis | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Want of Breast Milk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Cancer | 0 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
Mortification | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Tabes Mesenterica | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Scrofula | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Myxœdema | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Convulsions | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Premature Birth | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Old Age | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
Suffocation | l | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Syncope | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Dropsy | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Embolism | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Stomatitis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Cause not known | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals | 40 | 160 | 107 | 307 |