London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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The subjoined Table, a summary of Table 3 (Appendix)
shows the numbers of deaths of parishioners in each Class and
Order, according to the Registrar-General's re-arranged
classification.
I. SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
| No. of Deaths. | |
|---|---|
| 1. Miasmatic diseases | 65 |
| 2. Diarrheal „ | 58 |
| 3. Malarial ,, | — |
| 4. Zoogenous ,, | — |
| 5. Venereal ., | 14 |
| 6. Septic „ | 28 |
| 465 | |
| II. PARASITIC DISEASES | 2 |
| III. DIETETIC DISEASES | 17 |
| IV. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES | 569 |
| V. DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES | 155 |
| VI. LOCAL DISEASES | |
| 1. Diseases of Nervous system | 310 |
| 2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | 2 |
| 3. Diseases of Circulatory system | 196 |
| 4. Diseases of Respiratory system | 622 |
| 5. Diseases of Digestive system | 157 |
| 6. Diseases of Lymphatic system | — |
| 7. Diseases of Glandlike Organs of uncertain use | 5 |
| 8. Diseases of Urinary system | 77 |
| 9. Diseases of Reproductive system:— | |
| a. Diseases of Organs of Generation | 7 |
| 10 | |
| 10. Diseases of Locomotive system | 12 |
| 11. Diseases of Integumentary system | 3 |
| 1,401 | |
| VII. VIOLENCE | |
| 1. Accident or Negligence | 53 |
| 2. Battle | — |
| 3. Homicide | 2 |
| 4. Suicide | 9 |
| 5. Execution | — |
| 64 | |
| VIII. ILL-DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES | 152 |
| Total | 2,825 |