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Kensington 1887

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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Table: TABLE III.Deaths registered from all causes in the year 1887.(Exclusive of the Deaths of Non-Parishioners at Public Institutions within the Parish, but inclusive of the Deaths of Parishioners at Public Institutions without the Parish.)

TABLE III.

Deaths registered from all causes in the year 1887.

(Exclusive of the Deaths of Non-Parishioners at Public Institutions within the Parish, but inclusive of the Deaths of Parishioners at Public Institutions without the Parish.)

CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under Five 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 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.Kensington Town.Brompton.
(classes).
I. SPECIFIC FEBRILE or ZYMOTIC DISEASES1781953613201525103337348041169
II. PARASITIC DISEASES21........................3422
III. DIETETIC DISEAES............25...51.........13121
IV. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES676130466382707950194128571441130
V. DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES7011.........111645357117013040
VI LOCAL DISEASES2381763344501081402152211662841414191135284
VII. DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE209233111462...12971638
VIII. DEATHS FROM ILL DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES10562...645655...11114412717
68044910510614422523231730523871112928722321651
I. SPECIFIC FEBRILE or ZYMOTIO DISEASES. 1. —Miasmatic Diseases.
Vaccinated.............................................
Small-pox Unvaccinated.............................................
No Statement.....................1............1...1
Measles2373111.....................961088622
Searlet Fever328841..................3144404
Typus.............................................
Whooping Cough33512........................8486883
Diphteria3229321...............2540337
Simple Continued or Ill-defined Fever...1......1..................122...
Entered or Typhoid Fever......514............1......1129
Other Miasmatic Diseases24...........................666...
2.—Diarrhceal Diseases.
Simple Cholera...1...........................111...
Diarrhoea, Dysentery9512......23...352210712411014
3.—Malarial Diseases.
Remittent Fever...1.........1...............1211
Ague.............................................
4.—Zoogenous Diseases
Cowpox, and effects of Vaccination...1...........................111...
Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia, Glanders, Splenic Fever).............................................
5.— Venereal Diseases.
Syphilis131...111...............1417161
Gonorrhoea, Stricture of the Urethra........................1...1...211
6—Septic Diseases.
Erysipelas4......11212......41192
Pyæmia, Septicæmia2...1...2.........2......2761
Puerperal Fever.........278..................17143
1781953613201525103337348041169
II. PARASITIC DISEASES.
Thrush and other Vegetable Parasitic Diseases ...2..............................222...
Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Parasitic Diseases...11........................12...2
III. DIETETIC DISEASES211........................3422
Want of Breast Milk—Starvation............................................
Scurvy.............................................
Chronic Alcoholism............14...31.........981
Delirium Tremens............11...2............44...
............26...51.........13121
IV. CONTITUTIONAL DISEASES
Rheumatic Fever,Rheumatism of the Heart...1...2412............11073
Rheumatism.....................1............11...
Gout.....................444......1275
Rickets141.....................5642
Cancer, Malignant Diseases.........111818363094...1178433
Tabes Mosenterica32151.....................4748435
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus2130102....................51634716
PhthisiPhthisis...193653544527132...124019050
Other forms of Tuberculosis Scrofula139923411.........2242375
Purpura, Hæmorrhagic Diathesis...............1.........1...1
Anæmia, Chlorosis, Leucoeythæmia..........21111.........642
Glycosuria, Diabetes Mellitus............132734......20137
Other Constitutional Diseases...1...1...1...2.........1541
676130466382707950194128571441130
V. DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES
Premature Birth58..............................58584612
Atelectasis41...........................5523
Congenital Malformation8...1........................8972
Old Age..................11164535...987523
7011.........111645357117013040
VI. LOCAL DISEASES.
1.—Diseases of Nervous System.
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes...65...111.........1615141
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis......1138254586366...16112140
Insanitary.....................11.........211
Epilepsy......343...211.........1495
Convulsions45172........................6264568
Laryngismus Stridulus (Spasm of Glottis)31...........................444...
Disease of Spinal Cord/Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans...1......1...1132...1972
Other Diseases of Nervous System.3...1.........2464...320164
2'—Diseases of Organs of special sense (e.g. of Ear, Eye, Nose)21...1.........1.........3532
3.—Diseases op Circulatory System.
Pericarditis...141..1...............1761
Acute Endocarditis.........2...1..................33...
Valvular Diseases of Heart......13138131......281612
Other Diseases of Heart...125617283331163114210933
Aneurism............21442.........13103
Embolism, Thrombosis..................1...2.........33...
Other Diseases of Blood Vessels..................121.........431
4.—Diseases or Respiratory Organs.
Larygitis351.........11...1...81212...
Croup415...........................1919172
Emphysema, Astyhma.........11...36...2......1386
Brochitis104693249145276741517342236260
Pneumonia2637279141411119...6314011228
Pleurisy............121231......1091
Other Diseases of Respiratory System87......164...16...1533276
6.—Diseases op Digestive (System.
Dentition87...........................1515105
Sore Throat Quinsy........................1.........1...1
Diseases of Stomach11...314121...1215105
Enteritis1231213121......1526206
Obstructive Diseases of Intestine2...1...1...1431...213103
Peritonitis1...3215132......118136
Ascites.............................................
Cirrhosis of Liver............27655.........251510
Jaundice, and Other Diseases of Liver4.........25411116...443358
Other Diseses of Digestive System42...111...223...616115
6.—Diseases of Lymphatic System (e.g. of Lymphatics and of Speeln).............................................
7—Diseases of Glandlike Organs of Uncertain Use. (e.g. Bronchocele Addison's Diseases).............................................
8 -Diseases op Urinary System
Nephritis111112512......215114
Bright's Disease, Albuminuria......121265531...26206
Disease of Bladder or of Prostrate...............2......2.........44...
Other Diseases of the Urinary System......12154491......27225
9.—Diseses of Reproductive Sysrtem.
a. Of Organ, of Generation.
Male Organs.............................................
Female Organs....................................44...
b. Of Parturition.
Abortion, Miscarriage...............1..................11...
Puerperal Convulsions.........111..................321
Placenta Prævia, Flooding...............1..................11...
Other Accidents 'of Childbirth.........233..................871
10.—Diseases op Bones and Joints.
Caries, Necrosis............1...12............44...
Arthritis, Ostitis, Periostitis ...............1...1............22...
Other Diseases of Bones and Joints.............................................
11.—Diseases op Integumentary System.
Carbuncle, Phlegmon..............................................
Other Diseases of Integumentary System71.........1...............8954
238176334450108140215221166284141,4191,135284
VIII. DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE. 1.—Accident or Negligence:.
Fractures and Contusions2...1239852......232302
Gunshot Wounds.............................................
Cut, Stab.............................................
Burn, Scald...31.........1.........1366...
Poison..................1...............11...
Drowing...1...........................111...
Suffocation153............1............1819154
Otherwise...1...........................111...
2.—Homicide.
Manslaughter31............1............455...
Murder
3.—Suicide.
Gunshot Wounds...............1..................1...1
Cut, Stab.............................................
Poison.........1.....................22...
Drowing..................1...............11...
Hanging...............1...1............211
Otherwise.............................................
4.—Execution.
Hanging.............................................
209233111462...12911638
VIII. DEATHS FROM ILL DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAES.
Dropsy.............................................
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition986............1............104105969
Mortification.....................113......55...
Tumour.....................11.........211
Abseases2...1........................2321
Hæmorrhage3..............................3321
Sudden Death (Cause not ascertained).............................................
Causes not specified or Ill-defined2...1...644432...226215
10562...645655..11114412717
CAUSES OF DEATH.0 to 1.X to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Totals, all Ague.Kensington TowmBrompton.
AGES.sub-districts.