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Kensington 1884

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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TABLE III.

Deaths Registered from all causes in the year 1884.

(Exclusive of the Deaths of Non-Parishioners at Public Institutions within the Parish, but inclusive of the Deaths of Parishioners at Public Institutions outside the Parish.)

CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under Years of Age.Grand total all Ages.sub-districts.
0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 65.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwardsKensington townBrompton.
I. SPECIFIC FEBRILE or ZYMOTIC DISEASES1491022324201977134...25136828583
II. PARASITIC DISEASE7.........1.....................788...
III. Dietetic diseases............343311......15114
IV. Constitutional diseases76663646749279594415...142587474113
V. Developmental diseases81..................21947178116611848
VI. Local diseases22015940395296160155196122173791256973283
VII. Deaths from violence204134110532124544113
Viii. DEaths from ill DEFINED AND. NOT Specified cause1361432633464315017515124
68934510311416021526223528219538103426382070568
I. Specific febrile or zymotic diseases 1.-Miasmatic Diseases.
Small-poxVaccinated......122342............14104
Unvaccinated11111..................2523
No statement......1...42..................752
Measles10202........................3032239
Scarlet fever175211......1......818153
Typhus.............................................
Whooping cough36451........................81826913
Diphtheria11131...1...............121798
Simple Continued or Ill-defined Fever......21...1..................44...
Enteric or Typhoid Fever...1613321............1261412
Other Miasmatic Diseases.............................................
2.—Diarrhceal Diseases.
Simple Cholera2............1......2......255...
Diarrhea, Dysentery86121...1......244...981109317
3.—Malarial Diseases
Remittent Fever.............................................
Ague.............................................
4.—Zoogenous Diseases.
Cow pox, and effects of vaccination.............................................
Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia, Glanders, Splenic Fever).............................................
5.- Venereal Diseases.
Syphilis104..................1......1415123
Gonorrhœa, Stricture of the urethra.............................................
6.—Septic Diseases
Erysipelas2............3123......21183
Pyemia, Septica:mia...1......12112......1862
Puerperal Fever.........473..................14104
1491022324201977134...25136828583
II. PARASITIC DISEASES.
Thrush and other Vegetable Parasitic Diseases7..............................777...
Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Parasitic Diseases............1.....................11...
7.........1..................788...
III. DIETETIC DISEASES
Want of breast milk- starvation...............1..................11...
Scurvy.............................................
Chronic Alcoholism............3333............13103
Delirium tremens........................1..........1...1
............343311......15114
IV. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES
Rheumatic fever, Rheumatism of the heart......151221............1293
Rheumatism......11......3...32......1073
Gout...............1215.........972
Rickets131........................4532
Cancer. Malignant Disease...1......21528332612...11178730
Tabes Mesenterica47173........................6467652
Tubercular meningitis, Hydrocephalus1627511.........1......43514110
Phthisis......1634657040194.........24819850
Other forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula1218642...221......3047398
Puerpura, Haemorrhagic diathesis.............................................
Anaemia, chlorosis,leucocythaemia......2...1......1.........55...
Glycosuria, Diabetes Mellitus......11232331......16133
Other constitutional diseases.............................................
76663646749279594415...142587474113
V. DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Premature birth65..............................65654421
Atelectasis8..............................888...
Congenital Malformation8..............................8835
Old Age.....................2194717...856322
81..................21947178116611848
VI. LOCAL DISEASES. 1.—Diseases of Nervous System.
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes...141...11...1......1972
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis311252202939304413611521
Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane............12...2...1......642
Epilepsy......11...331............954
Convulsions5018...........................68685810
Laryngismus Stridulus (Spasm of Glottis)12...........................333...
Disease of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans..................122.........66...
Other Diseases of Nervous System...342134...41...322202
2.- Diseases of organs of special sense (e.g. of ear, eye,nose)......1......11...1.........44...
3._Diseases of Circulatory System
Pericarditis......11111...1.........66...
Acute Endocarditis......13.........1............55...
valvular diseases of heart......21...615111......27819
Other Diseases of Heart......42514363034133...14111526
Aneurism...............4111.........761
Embolism. Thrombosis...............1...1............22...
Other Diseases of Blood Vessels...............1313.........835
4.—Diseases of Respiratory System.
Laryngitis1111......2...1......2752
Croup417...........................2121147
Emphysema, asthma...............22...23......918
Bronchitis96638141019274745815932827157
Pneumonia223214891611107...541209822
Pleurisy1......2121221...11293
Other Diseases of Respiratory System85111...412311327189
5-Diseases of Digestive System
Dentition169...........................2525196
Sore Throat, Quinsey...12.........1......1...1541
Diseases of Stomach...1...2221332...116106
Enteritis431...1211.........71376
Obstructive diseases of intestine4......22...3............41468
Peritonitis...1233...3............11293
Ascites.............................................
Cirrhosis of Liver.........1...8943.........25214
Jaundice, and other Disease of Liver6...11234462...629236
Other diseases of digestive system1...2...23121......11284
6.—Diseases of Lymphatic System
(e.g., of Lymphatics and of Spleen)...............1..................1...1
7.- Diseases of glandlike organs of uncertain use (e.g., bronchocele,addision's diseases).........2........................22...
8._Diseases of Urinary System.
Nephritis1............1...1.........1312
Bright's diseases, albuminuria......1...4341283......352015
Disease of Bladder or of Prostate........................411...633
Other Diseases of the Urinary System...............22791......29245
9.- Diseases of reproductive system. A. of organs of generations
Male organs.............................................
Female Organs.........3238232......23167
B. of parturition
Abortion, miscarriage...............2..................22...
Puerperal Convulsions............2..............................
Placenta Previa, Flooding............2.....................22...
Other Accidents of Childbirth.........131..................532
10.- Diseases of bones and joints.
Caries, Necrosis...11......11............1413
Arthritis, Ostitis, Periostitis.........1........................11...
Other Diseases of Bones and Joints.............................................
11.- Diseases of integumentary system
Carbuncle, Phlegmon.........1...111............431
other diseases of integumentary system2..................1...2...255...
22015940395296160155196122173791256973283
VII. Deaths from violence 1.- Accidents or negligence
Fractures and Contusion...2......4151121217161
Gunshot wounds.........1........................1...1
Cut, stab.............................................
Burn, scald...2...............1.........2321
Poison.............................................
Drowning......1...........................11...
Suffocation17.....................1......1718144
Otherwise2..............................2211
2.—Homicide.
Manslaughter.............................................
Murder1...........................11...1
3.- Suicide
Gunshot wounds.........1........................1...1
Cut, stab..................21............321
Poison.........1......2...2.........541
Drowning.............................................
Hanging..................11............211
Otherwise.............................................
4- EXECDTI0M Hanging.............................................
204134110532124544113
VIIL Deaths from ill-defined and not spesified cause
Dropsy.....................1211...55...
Debility, atrophy,Inanition12692........................13513711918
Mortification........................331...77...
Tumour.............................................
Abscess5.........1..................5651
Haemorrhage1.........3......2......1177...
Sudden Death (Cause not ascertained).............................................
Causes not specified or Ill-defined451223311......922175
1361432633464315018416024
CAUSES OF DEATH.0 to 1.1 to 55 to 15.15 to 2525 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 andTotal under Five Years of Age.Total all Ages.Kensington Town.Brompton.
AGES.sub-districts.