Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1899
This page requires JavaScript
All Ages. | Under Five Years. | 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 to 95. | 95 and upwards. | All Ages. |
---|
All Ages. | Under Five Years. | 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 to 95. | 95 and upwards. | All Ages. |
---|
All Ages. | Under Five Years. | 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 to 95. | 95 and upwards. | All Ages. |
---|
Name of Ward. | Enumerated Population.—1896 | ||
---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females. | Total. |
The Year. | Population. | Rateable value of Property. | The Year. |
---|
1856 | 1899 | Increase in 43 years |
---|
1871 | 1899 | Increase in 28 years. |
---|
Kensington Town | Brompton | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Parish |
The Year. | Population. | Total Births. | Males. | Females. | Birth-rate. per 1,000 |
---|
Four Weeks ended. | Metropolis. | Parish. | Sub-Districts. | Parliamentary Divisions | Sanitary Districts. | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kensington Town. | Brompton. | North. | South. | North. | NorthEast. | Northwest. | Central. | South-East. | South-west. |
Kensington Town | Brompton. | Parish. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total |
Age-Period. | Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Both Sexes | Males. | Females. | Both Sexes | Males. | Females. | Both Sexes | Male Sex. | Female Sex. |
1899. | 1898 | . 1897. | 1896. | 1895. | 1894. | 1893. | 1892. | 1891. | 1890. | 1889. |
---|
During the four weeks ended. | Births. | Deaths. | death-rate. | deaths at ages. | deaths from zymotic diseases. | deaths from diseases of respiratory system. | Deaths from Phthisis. | Deaths from Heart Disease. | Deaths under Five from Tubercular Diseases. | Mean Temperature. | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
kensington. | london. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1899. | Decennial Average. | 1899. | Decennial Average. | 0—1 | 1—5 | 60 and upwards. | Totals. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | WhoopingCough. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Simple continued Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Totals. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. |
Disease. | Sub-Districts. | In Hospital. | Total. | Decennial Average. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Town | Brompton | Town | Brompton | Uncorrected. | Corrected for increase of Population. |
Quinquennial Period. | Diseases. | Population. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | WhoopingCough. | Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Totals. | ||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Report. for four weeks. ended | No. of Notifications | No. of cases admitted to hospitals | No. of Deaths | No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kensington | London. | Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. |
Report. for four weeks. ended. | No. of Notifications. | No. of cases admitted to hospitals. | No. of Deaths. | No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. |
The Year. | Weeks. 1-4 | Weeks. 5-8 | Weeks. 9-12 | Weeks. 13-16 | Weeks. 17-20 | Weeks. 21-24 | Weeks. 25-28 | Weeks. 29-32 | Weeks.33-36 | Weeks. 37-40 | Weeks. 41-44 | Weeks. 45-48 | Weeks. 49-52 | TOTAL |
---|
The Year. | No. of Recorded Cases. | Total Number ofRecorded Cases. | Percentage of Removals to total Recorded Cases. | Deaths. | Total Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths toRecorded Cases. | Deaths inLondon from Scarlet Fever. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Treated at Home. | Removed toHospital. | AtHome. | InHospitals. | At Home. | InHospitals |
Report for four weeks ended | No. of Notifications Kensington. London. | No. of cases admittedto hospital Kensington. London. | No. of deaths Kensington. London. | No. of cases in hospital at the end of the period. |
---|
Set out in Report for Four weeks ended, | Total Cases Recorded. | Cases Recorded inNorth Kensington.* | Cases Recorded inSouth Kensington. * | Cases removed to Hospital from | Deaths in | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
North Kensington. | South Kensington. | North Kensington. | South Kensington. |
Order. | No. of Deaths. |
---|
Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.(Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.,Post).(a) | Mortality from all causes,at subjoined ages. | (i) | mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing deaths of children under five years of age | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At allages.(b) | Under1year. (c) | 1and under5(d) | 5and under 15-(e) | 15 and under 25-(f) | 25 and under 65.(g) | 65andupwards(h) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | ||||
Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Typhus Fever. | Fever. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping-cough. | Diarrhœa and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis. Pneumonia, and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Influenza. | Injuries | All other Diseases. | Total | ||||||||||||
Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. |
DISEASES. | Under 1 year. | Between 1 year and 60 years. | At 60 years & upwards. | Total. |
---|
(i.) Accommodation existing— | Beds. |
---|
Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. | Population at all Ages. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5or over 5. | New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to theknowledge of the Medical Officer of Health. | Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||||
Last Census. | Estimatedto middle of 1899. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fever. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fever. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | |||||||||||||
Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) |
Name of District | Small-pox.. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Cholera. | Totals. | Population, 1896 |
---|
Date of Report.For Four Weeks ended | Weeks of the Year. | KENSINGTON. | LONDON. | Weeks of the Year. | Date of Report.For Four Weeks ended. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Cholera. | Total. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Cholera. | Total. |
DISTRICTS. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Totals. | Population. | Notifications per 1000 of the Population. |
---|
North Kensington. | South Kensington. | Totalfor whole Parish | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dressmakers | Laundries | Miscellaneous | Total | Dress-makers | Laundries | Miscellaneous | Total |
Quinquennial Period. | Diseases. | Population7 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tabes Mesenterica.1 | Tubercular Meningitis andHydrocephalus 2 | Phthisis3 | Other forms ofTuberculosis, Scrofula 4 | Totals5 | Atrophy Inanition Debility.6 |
disease. | ages. | sub-district. | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 & upwards. | Total under 5 years. | Grand Total. | Kensington Town. | Brompton. |
Disease. | Total Numberof Deathsin Parish. | Registration Districts. | ParliamentaryDivisions. | SanitaryDistricts. | Place of Death. | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kensington Town. | Brompton. | North Kensington. | South Kensington. | N. | N.E. | N.W. | C. | S.E. | S.W. | j At Home. | Kensington Infirmary. | Outlying Institutions. | Brompton Hospital Kensington Section. |
Name of Street. | Number of Houses in Street. | Number ofHouses Registered. | Number of Houses not Registered |
---|
Name of Street. | Number ofHouses in Street. | Number ofHouses Registered. | Number of Houses not Registered. |
---|
Name of Street. | Number ofHouses in Street. | Number ofHouses Registered. | Number of Houses not Registered. |
---|
Name of Street. | Number of Houses in Street | Number ofHouses Registered. | No of Houses not Registered. |
---|
Name of Street. | N umber ofHouses in Street. | Number ofHouses Registered | Number of Houses not Registered. |
---|
Name of Street. | Number of Houses in Street. | Number ofHouses Registered. | Number of Houses not Registered. |
---|
District. | Number ofStreets dealt with. | Number ofHouses in Streets. | Number ofHouses Registered. | Number of Houses not Registered |
---|
Sanitary District. | Name of Keeper. | Address of Common Lodging-House. | No. of Single Lodgers for which registered, in 1899. | No. of Double Beds Authorized. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male. | Female. | Total. |
North Kensington. | South Kensington. | Total. |
---|
The Year. | Estimated Population1 | No. of Inhabited Houses.† | Marriages. | Registered Births. | Deaths. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total,all Ages ‡ | Under One Year. | Under Five Years. | At Public Institutions.§ |
The Year. | Birth-rate per 1,000 of the Population. | Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population. | Deaths of Children under one year; per 1,000 of Registered Births. | Deaths of Childrenunder one year; per 1,000 of Total Deaths. | Deaths of Children under five years; per 1,000 of Total Deaths. | Deaths at Public Institutions; per 1,000 of Total Deaths.1 |
---|
CAUSES OF DEATH. | AGES. | Total under Five Years of Age. | Grand Total All Ages. | sub-district | |||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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. |
causes of death. | AGES. | Total under Five Years of Age. | Grand Total All Ages. | sub-district | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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. |
causes of death. | 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. |
---|
Division I. (At all Ages). | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1000 of Population | Deaths per 1000 of Total Deaths |
---|
Diseases. | 1889. | 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | Annual Average of ten years 1889-98. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from all causes in ten years 1889-98. | Deaths in 1899. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from all causes in 1899. |
---|
Sanitary Districts.* | No. of Complaints made by Inhabitants, &c. | No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected. | No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c. | Results of Inspection. | House Drains. | Water Closets. | Dust Receptacles. | Water Supply. | Miscellaneous. | ||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Written Intimations of Nuisance served. † | Notices served by order of the Works and Sanitary Committee. ‡ | Final Notices (signed by Medical Officer) served. | Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c. | Houses disinfected after illness of an Infectious character.§ | Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | Ventilated, Trapped, &c. | Repaired, &c. | Supplied with Separate Water Service. | Soil-pipes Ventilated. | New provided. | Repaired, Covered, &c. | Cisterns erected. | Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, &c. | Waste-pipes connected with drains, &c., abolished. | No. of Lodging Houses newly Registered under 94th Section of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. † | Yards and Areas paved and drained. | Animals removed, being improperly kept. | Regularly Inspected. | Legal proceedings, i.e., Summonses. | ||||||
Bakehouses. | Licensed Cow-houses. | Licensed Slaughter-houses. |
The Year. | Deaths per 1000 living. | Total Deaths from seven principal Zymotic Diseases, Kensington. | Annual rate of mortality per 1000 living, from seven principal Zymotic Diseases. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths, from seven principal Zymotic Diseases. | The Year. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. |
Annual Death-rate per 1000 living, from all causes. | Annual Death-rate per 1000 living, from seven principal Zymotic diseases. | Percentage of Deathsunder 1 year toBirths Registered | percentage of deaths to total deaths. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 year of age. | At 60 years of age and upwards. | From seven principal Zymotic diseases. | From Violence. | Registered upon information of Coroners. (Inquests.) | Registered at Public Institutions.* | Uncertified. |
Locality. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Total. | Locality. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Total. |
---|
Street or Place. | Registration Sub-District. | Sanitary District. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Total. |
---|
Street or Place. | Registration Sub-District. | Sanitary District. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Total. |
---|
Street or Place. | Registration Sub-District. | Sanitary District. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Total. |
---|
Street or Place. | Registration Sub-District. | Sanitary District. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Total. |
---|
Street or Place. | Registration Sub District | Sanitary District. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Total. |
---|
Street or Place. | Registration Sub-District. | Sanitary District. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Total. |
---|
Street or Place. | Registration Sub-District. | Sanitary District. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Total. |
---|
Street or Place. | Registration Sub District. | Sanitary District. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Total. |
---|
DATE. | Registration Sub-Districts comprised in Vaccination Officer's District. | Number of Birthsreturned in Birth List Sheets. | Number of these Births duly entered in Columns 10, 11 and 13 of the Vaccination Register(Birth List Sheets), viz.: | Number of these Births which are not entered in the Vaccination Register, on account (as shewn by Report Book) of | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Column 10 Successfully Vaccinated | Column 11. | Certificate ofConscientious Objection. | Postponement by Medical Certificate. | Removalto places unknown, or which cannot be reached, and cases not having been found. | Cases stillunder Proceedings, by Summonsand Otherwise. | ||||
Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Column 13Dead, Un-vaccinated. | ||||||||
1898. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 |