Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year 1893
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Table showing the number of Deaths from the principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class in Kensington, and in London, in 1893,
Arranged in four-weekly periods.
Date of Report. For Four Weeks ended. | Weeks of the Year | KENSINGTON. | LONDON, | Weeks of the Year, | Date of Report. For Four Weeks ended | ||||||||||||||||||
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Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever, | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Typhus & other Continued Fevers. | Measles. | Whooping-cough. | Cholera. | Total. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Typhus & other Continued Fevers. | Measles. | Whooping-cough. | Cholera. | Total. | ||||
January 28, 1893 | 1-4 | ... | 2 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 10 | 3 | 128 | 198 | 32 | 57 | 1 | 149 | 123 | ... | 691 | 1-4 | January 28, 1893 |
February 25 ,, | 5-8 | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 10 | 10 | 94 | 216 | 29 | 65 | 1 | 63 | 162 | ... | 640 | 5-8 | February 25, ,, |
March 25 ,, | 9-12 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 14 | 20 | 83 | 189 | 35 | 75 | ... | 75 | 185 | 1 | 663 | 9-12 | March 25, ,, |
April 22 ,, | 13-16 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 4 | 19 | 91 | 165 | 26 | 52 | 2 | 121 | 223 | ... | 699 | 13-16 | April 22, „ |
May 20 ,, | 17-20 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 20 | 34 | 90 | 223 | 32 | 83 | 2 | 112 | 173 | 1 | 750 | 17-20 | May 20, „ |
June 17 ,, | 21-24 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ... | 6 | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | 21 | 38 | 118 | 193 | 29 | 224 | 4 | 147 | 149 | 8 | 910 | 21-24 | June 17, „ |
July 15 „ | 25-28 | 1 | 4 | 9 | ... | 19 | ... | ... | 9 | 2 | 44 | 27 | 136 | 237 | 61 | 890 | 2 | 197 | 213 | 39 | 1802 | 25-28 | July 15, „ |
August 12 ,, | 29-32 | ... | 3 | 9 | 2 | 28 | ... | 1 | 7 | 1 | 51 | 23 | 142 | 265 | 59 | 760 | 4 | 174 | 207 | 17 | 1651 | 29-32 | August 12, ,, |
September 9 ,, | 33-36 | ... | 8 | 4 | ... | 15 | ... | ... | 6 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 147 | 240 | 78 | 644 | 1 | 139 | 167 | 52 | 1476 | 33-36 | September 9, „ |
October 7 ,, | 37-40 | ... | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 | ... | ... | 10 | ... | 34 | 6 | 139 | 323 | 57 | 353 | 1 | 56 | 172 | 11 | 1118 | 37-40 | October 7, ,, |
November 4 ,, | 41-44 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 9 | ... | 3 | 6 | ... | 43 | 5 | 150 | 341 | 74 | 134 | 3 | 91 | 115 | 4 | 917 | 41-44 | November 4, „ |
December 2 ,, | 45-48 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ... | 3 | 5 | ... | 22 | 6 | 160 | 358 | 86 | 55 | 3 | 160 | 174 | ... | 1002 | 45-48 | December 2, ,, |
December 30 ,, | 49-52 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | ... | 8 | 8 | ... | 39 | 7 | 118 | 316 | 95 | 56 | 2 | 177 | 267 | ... | 1038 | 49-52 | December 30, ,, |
Totals | ... | 9 | 51 | 83 | 17 | 98 | ... | 18 | 65 | 5 | 346 | 206 | 1596 | 3234 | 693 | 3448 | 26 | 1661 | 2330 | 133 | 13357 | ... | Totals. |
Note.—The above Table, designed to show the relative degree of prevalence at different periods of the year of the specified diseases, has been compiled from my thirteen
four-weekly reports.