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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 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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Summary of Table III., shewing the number of deaths of Parishioners in each Class and Order.
| I. SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES— | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Deaths. | |||
| 1. | Miasmatic Diseases | 411 | |
| 2, | Diarrhoeal ,, | 81 | |
| 3. | Malarial „ | ... | |
| 4. | Zoogenous „ | ... | |
| 5. | Venereal „ | 14 | |
| 6. | Septic ,, | 23 | |
| - | 529 | ||
| II. PARASITIC DISEASES | 2 | ||
| III. DIETETIC DISEASES | 27 | ||
| IV. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES | 478 | ||
| V. DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES | 170 | ||
| VI. LOCAL DISEASES— | |||
| 1. | Diseases of Nervous system | 293 | |
| 2. | Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | 4 | |
| 3. | Diseases of Circulatory System | 173 | |
| 4. | Diseases of Respiratory System | 704 | |
| 5. | Diseases of Digestive System | 177 | |
| 6. | Diseases of Lymphatic System | — | |
| 7. | Diseases of Glandlike Organs of uncertain use | 1 | |
| 8. | Diseases of Urinary System | 78 | |
| 9. | Diseases of Reproductive System— | ||
| a. Diseases of Organs of Generation | 5. | ||
| b. Diseases of, Parturition | 9 | ||
| 10. | Diseases of Locomotive system | 6 | |
| 11. | Diseases of Integumentary System | 2 | |
| 1452 | |||
| VII. VIOLENCE— | |||
| 1. | Accident or Negligence | 60 | |
| 2. | Battle | ... | |
| 3. | Homicide | 2 | |
| 4. | Suicide | 10 | |
| 5. | Execution | ... | 84 |
| VIII. ILL-DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES | ... | 140 | |
| Total | ... | 2882 | |