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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 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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Table: The subjoined Table, a summary of Table III (Appendix), shews the number of deaths of parishioners in each Class and Order, according to the Registrar-General's re-arranged classification :—

The subjoined Table, a summary of Table III (Appendix), shews the number of deaths of parishioners in each Class and Order, according to the Registrar-General's re-arranged classification :—

No. of Deaths.
1. Miasmatic diseases199
2. Diarrhoeal „73
3. Malarial „
4. Zoogenous „1
5. Venereal „28
6. Septic „16
— 317
II. PARASITIC DISEASES4
III. DIETETIC DISEASES18
IV. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES515
V. DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES178
VI. LOCAL DISEASES—
1. Diseases of Nervous system318
2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense2
3. Diseases of Circulatory system188
4. Diseases of Respiratory system470
5. Diseases of Digestive system128
6. Diseases of Lymphatic system1
7. Diseases of Glandlike Organs of uncertain use2
8. Diseases of Urinary system83
9. Diseases of Reproductive system—
a. Diseases of Organs of Generation12
b. Diseases of Parturition7
10. Diseases of Locomotive system9
11. Diseases of Integumentary system3
— 1223
VII. VIOLENCE—
1. Accident or Negligence47
2. Battle
3. Homicide2
4. Suicide17
5. Execution66
VIII. ILL-DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES... 91
Total2412