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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age at date of death was that of a female, who was believed to
have attained the patriarchal age of 100 years. Three inquests
were held: in one case the verdict shewed the cause of death to
have been "suffocation "(self-inflicted); in the other two cases
the deaths were returned as due to "natural causes."
Summary of Causes of Death.
Under one year. | Between one year and sixty. | Sixty and upwards. | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nervous System, Diseases of | 7 | 8 | 10 | 25 |
Circulatory ,, „ | — | 14 | 18 | 32 |
Respiratory ,, ,, (including Phthisis) | 3 | 66 | 33 | 102 |
Digestive System, Diseases of | 2 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
Urinary „ | — | 7 | 8 | 15 |
Measles | — | 3 | — | 3 |
Enteric Fever | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Diarrhœa | — | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Chicken Pox | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Erysipelas | — | — | 3 | 3 |
Septicaemia | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Pyemia | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Syphilis | — | 3 | — | 3 |
Cancer | — | 7 | 12 | 19 |
Tubercular Diseases (excluding Phthisis) | 14 | 6 | 2 | 22 |
Premature Birth | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Inanition | 3 | — | — | 3 |
Want of Breast Milk | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Privation | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Old Age | — | — | 12 | 12 |
Lymphadenoma | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Gangrene | — | — | 3 | 3 |
Chronic Alcoholism | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Syncope | — | — | 2 | 2 |
Suffocation | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Totals | 32 | 130 | 111 | 273 |