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Kensington 1902

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year1902

Published
1903
Author
Dudfield, T. Orme.
Pages
156
Tables
89

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89 tables in this report

  • Page 3
    In the report for the year 1901 detailed particulars with reference to the Census taken in that year were given in a variety of tables—pp.4-6. The only table thought necessary to be reprinted in the present report is the Summary of the Age and Sex-Distribution of the Population, as follows :—
    Population at all Ages, March 31st, 1901.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.
  • Page 4
    POPULATION, 1801-1901. The subjoined table exhibits the growth of population during the nineteenth century:—
    The Year.Population.
  • Page 4
    Population, Inhabited Houses, and Rateable Value, 1856-1902.—The following table, brought up to date, exhibits the growth of the borough since the Metropolis Local Management Act came into operation, in 1856:—
    1856.1902.Increase in 46 years.
  • Page 4
    The increase in all respects within the last thirty-one years, 1871-1902, the period over which my official experience extends, was very considerable, as the subjoined figures show:—
    1871.1902.Increase in 31 years.
  • Page 7
    The subjoined table shows the population, the number of births, and the birth-rate for each of the ten years, 1892-1901.
    The Year.Population.Total Births.Males.Females.Birth-rate per 1,000.
  • Page 7
    Birth-rate in the Metropolis, and in Kensington, and the Sub-Districts, Parliamentary Divisions, and Wards —during the thirteen four-weekly periods ended January 3rd, 1903, and in the Registration Year,1902
    Four Weeks endedMetropolis.Borough.Sub-Districts.Parliamentary Divisions.Wards.
    Kensington Town.Brompton.North.SouthSt. Charles.Golborne.Norland.Pembridge.Holland.Earl's Court.Queen's Gate.Redclifife.Brompton.
  • Page 10
    In the several wards the rate was as follows:—
  • Page 11
    (The corresponding statistics for the six preceding years are added for comparison.)
    1902.1901 *1900.1899.1898.1897.1896.
  • Page 12
    Death-rate in the Metropolis, and in Kensington, and the Sub-Districts, Parliamentary Divisions and Wards, during the thirteen four-weekly periods ended January 3rd, 1903, and in the Registration Year, 1902.
    Four Weeks endedMetropolis.Borough.Sub-Districts.Parliamentary Divisions.Wards.
    Kensington Town.Brompton.North.South.St. Charles.Golborne.Norland.Pembridge.Holland.Earl's Court.Queen's Gate.Redcliffe.Brompton.
  • Page 13
    Summary of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of the Royal Borough of Kensington, 1902.
    During the Four Weeks endedBirths.Deaths.Death-rate.Deaths atAges.Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.Deaths from Diseases of Respiratory System.Deaths from Phthisis.Deaths from Heart Disease.Deaths under Five from Tubercular DiseaseMean Temperature.
    Kensington.London.
    1902.Decennial Average.1902.Decennial Average.0—11—560 and upwards.Totals.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-Cough.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Simple continued Fever.Diarrhœa.Totals.Bronchitis.Pneumonia.
  • Page 14
    The subjoined table shows the annual death-rate per 1,000 persons living in each of the last eleven years, in Kensington, in London, and in England and Wales:—
    1902.1901.1900.1899.1898.1897.1896.1895.1894.1893.1892.
  • Page 15
    TABLE I. (Requried by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical officer of Health.) For Whole District.
    Year.Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Deaths under One Year of Age.Deaths at all Ages. Total.Deathsin Public Institutions.Deaths ofNonresidents registered inDistrict.Deaths of Residents registered beyond District.Deaths Ages.at allNett.
    Number.Rate.†Number.Rate per 1,000 Births registeredNumber.Rate.†Number.Rate.†
    12345678910111213
  • Page 16
    TABLE II. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.)
    Names of Localities.Kensington.Kensington Town.Brompton.
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all ages.Deaths under 1 year.
  • Page 16
    TABLE IV. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the year 1902.
    Causes of Death.Deaths in whole District at subjoined ages.Deaths in Localities (at all ages).Deathsin Public Institutio n s
    AllAges.Under 11 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 6565 and upwardsKensington Town-Brompton.
  • Page 18
    Distribution of the fatal cases of the Principal Zymotic Diseases during the year 1902.
    Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhœa.Total.
  • Page 19
    The following table shows the rate of mortality per 1,000 persons living from the principal zymotic diseases in Kensington and London, and in England and Wales, in 1902.
    Small pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhœa.
  • Page 20
    TABLE A.—Cases of Small-pox notified in the Metropolitan Boroughs in thirteen four-weekly periods—August nth, 1901—August 9th, 1902.
    Borough.FOUR WEEKS ENDEDPopulation, 1901.Rate per 10,000 of the population.
    Sept. 7, 1901Oct. 5, 1901Nov. 2, 1901Nov. 30, 1901Dec. 28, 1901Jan. 25, 1902Feb. 22, 1902Mar. 22, 1902April 19, 1902May 17, 1902June 14, 1902July 12, 1902Aug. 9, 1902Totals.
  • Page 21
    Table B— Deaths from Small-pox in the Metropolitan Boroughs in thirteen four-weekly periods—August 11th, 1901— August 9th, 1902.
    Borough.FOUR WEEKS ENDEDPopulation, 1901.Death-rate per10,000 of the population.
    Sept. 7, 1901Oct. 5, 1901Nov. 2, 1901Nov. 30, 1901Dec. 28, 1901Jan. 25, 1902Feb. 22, 1902March 22, 1902April 19, 1902May 17, 1902June 14, 1902July 12, 1902Aug, 9, 1902Totals.
  • Page 22
    TABLE C.—Summary of Notifications of Small-pox; Admissions to Hospital, and Deaths Registered, in London as a whole, and in Kensington, in thirteen successive four-weekly periods, from August nth, 1901, to August 9th, 1902, and Number of Cases in Hospital at the end of each period.
    FOUR WEEKS ENDED
    Sept. 7, 1901October 5, 1901Nov. 2, 1901Nov. 30, 1901Dec., 28, 1901January 25, 1902February 22 1902March 22, 1902April 19, 1902May 17, 1902June 14, 1902July 12, 1902August 9, 1902Totals
  • Page 23
    TABLE D.— Small-pox in Kensington ; Cases Notified, Number of Streets and Houses Invaded, and numbers of Cases to a House.
    Locality.Population.Total No. of cases notified.No. of streets in whichthe disease occurredNo. ofInfected Houses.Cases in House.
    One case in house.Two cases in house.Threecases in house.Four cases in house.Six cases in house.
  • Page 23
    TABLE F.—Particulars with respect to Fatal Cases of Small-pox, Kensington, 1901-2.
    Name of Sufferer.Sex.Age.Condition as to vaccination.No. of Case in Monthly Reports.Occupation.Address.
  • Page 24
    TABLE E.—Streets, and Number of Houses in each Street, in North Kensington, Invaded by Small-pox, and Cases Notified (11th August, 1901, to 9th August, 1902).
    Ward.Streets.No. of Houses invaded.No. of Cases.
  • Page 25
    The cases comprised 61 of males and 45 of females; the ages of the patients are set out in the following table, which also shows the number of deaths (including three of non-parishioners) at different age-periods:—
    Age-period.Notifications.Deaths.
  • Page 25
    Occupations of the persons attacked by small-pox in Kensington in 52 weeks, 11th August, 1901, to 9th August, 1902—
  • Page 34
    Scarlet Fever in 1902.
    Report for four weeks endedNo. 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.
  • Page 35
    Scarlet Fever in 1901.
    Report for four weeks endedNo. of Notifications.No. of cases admitted to Hospitals.No. of Deaths.No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period.
    KensingtonLondon.Kensington.London.Kensington.London.
  • Page 35
    Scarlet Fever Cases Recorded in Kensington in 1902, and in the Ten Preceding Years, in Thirteen Four-Weekly Periods.
    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.
  • Page 36
    Statistics of Scarlet Fever in Kensington in 1902, and in the Ten Preceding Years.
    The Year.No. of Recorded Cases.Total N umber ofRecorded CasesPercentage 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.InHbspitals.AtHome.InHospitals.
  • Page 37
    Diphtheria in 1902.
    Report for four weeks endedNo. of Notifications.No. of cases admitted to Hospital.No. of Deaths.No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period.
    Kensington.London.Kensington.London.Kensington.London.
  • Page 37
    Particulars with Reference to Diphtheria in Kensington, in 1902.
    Set out in Report for Four weeks ended.Total Cases Recorded.Cases recorded in North Kensington.*Cases recorded inSouth Kensington.*Cases removed to Hospital fromDeaths (12 in Hospitals).
    NorthKensington.South Kensington.North Kensington.South Kensington.
  • Page 41
    SUMMARY OF CAUSES OF DEATH, 1902.
    DISEASES.Under 1 year.Between 1 year and 60 years.At 60 years and upwards.Total.
  • Page 44
    The notifications of each of the diseases during the thirteen years 1890-1902 are set out in the subjoined table.
    Year.Small-pox.Chicken-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Relapsing Fever.Total.
  • Page 44
    The Ages at Notification of certain of the diseases, in 1902, were as follows :—
    Age.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric l. Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal . Fever.Chickenpox, from 1st February.
  • Page 45
    Cases of Infectious Disease notified in the several Metropolitan Boroughs in the Fifty-three Weeks ended Saturday, 3rd January, 1903.*
    Name of Borough.Small-pox.Chicken-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Membranous Croup.Cholera.Totals.Population. 1901.
  • Page 46
    Table showing the number of Cases of Infectious Disease Notified in Kensington, and in London, in 1902: Arranged in four-weekly periods.
    Date of Report.For Four Weeks endedSmall-pox.Chicken-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Total.Small-pox.Chicken-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Total.
    January 251- 413...35207......219......969605471,412878176......3742017...4,4471-4January 25
    February 225- 8116530104...1...121...1341,5101,4831,220841162...22737426...5,6455- 8February 22
    March 229-1215492891......211......1151,6632,3881,235827149...21532812...6,6199-1March 22
    April 1913-16122530181...1...12......991,2411,7951,168807101131731812...5,46313-16April 19
    May 1717-20112434173...1112......1038932,1901,266812172142635220...5,73617-20May 17
    June 1421-2420462295......214......1189053,4301,388758211...3183216...7,10121-24June 14
    July 1225-28891301812......415......1783523,1121,360783318...62232716,35325-28July 12
    August 929-3246020188......212......1241391,4881,59988234619183610...4,85829-32August 9
    September 633-361332674.........19......90731,0881,411718319...51949712...4,14233-36September 6
    October 437-40...25351711.........7......95187851,545731467...4274599...4,04537-40October 4
    November 141-44...5738162...1117......132141,5391,721793427153353714...5,08441-44November 1
    ,, 2945-48...871896.........16......136142,5591,482824277...12156013...5,75145-48„ 29
    Jan. 3,1903Five weeks)49-53...107261516...•••'123......188123,3041,439888280...43356224...6,54649-53Jan. 3 1903 (Five weeks)
    Totals9566937218380...4151891...1,6087,79425,70818,24610,5423,4054483135,587192171,790Totals.
  • Page 47
    TABLE III. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year, 1902.
    Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in Kensington.Total Cases Notified in each Sub-District.Number of Casesremoved to Hospital from each Sub-District.
    At all Ages.At Ages—YearsKensington Town.Brompton.Kensington Town.Brompton.
    Under 11 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards
  • Page 47
    Table showing the Notifications, in 1902, in the Borough, the Sub-Districts, the Parliamentary Divisions, and the Wards.
    Area.Small-pox.'Chicken-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Totals.Population.Notifications per 1,000 of the population.
  • Page 48
    TABLE V.* Comparison of Prevalence of Sickness and Death from Infectious Diseases. (Rates calculated per 1,000 persons on the population estimated to the middle of each year.)
    Year.Small-pox.Erysipelas.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Scarlet Fever.Typhus Fever.Enteric and Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.
    Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.
  • Page 57
    Distribution of Notified Cases of Phthisis, and of Fatal Cases not Notified (January 1st to December 31st, 1902).
    Notified Cases.Deaths.Fatal, not notified cases.Total No. of cases.
  • Page 58
    Sex of Cases; Number of Deaths.
    Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 58
    Sex and Age in Notified Cases (247).
    -0-55-1010-2020-4040-6060—Total.
  • Page 58
    Sex and Age at Death in not Notified Cases (147).
    —0-50-1010-2020-4040-6060—Total.
  • Page 58
    Sex and Age at Death ; All Cases (226).
    —0-55-1010-2020-4040-6060—Total.
  • Page 58
    Phthisical History, or Otherwise.
    —Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 58
    Status of the Sick.
    ]—Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 58
    Number of Rooms occupied by the Sick Person or Family in the Several Cases.
    1 room.2 rooms.3 rooms4 rooms, etc.c. l. H.Homeless.No information.Total.
  • Page 61
    Births and Birth-Rate and Infantile Mortality in 1901.
    Locality.Population.Births.Birth Rate.Deaths 0-1 year.Infantile Mortality per 1,000 registered Births.
  • Page 62
    † How largely the problem is one of infantile life, is shown by the subjoined statement of the true death-rate of children under five years of age, in the borough, in 1901—the Census year.
    Age-period.No. of Children Enumerated.No. of Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 living at the Age-period.
  • Page 63
    The registered deaths under one year of age were 506, and located as follows :—
    Locality.Sex.Total.
    Male.Female.
  • Page 63
    The ages at death were as follows:—
    Sex.Under One Month.1-2.2-3.4-4.4-5.6-6.6-7.7-8.8-9.9-10.10-11.11-12.Month.TOTAL.
    1st wk.2nd wk.3rdwk.4thwk.
  • Page 64
    Causes of Deaths of Infants, of Year, in the several Wards. (For distribution of deaths in Sub-districts see Table page 63.)
    WARDS.ST. CHARLES.GOLBORNE.NORLAND.PEMBRIDGE.HOLLAND.EARLS COURT.QUEEN'S GATE.REDCLIFFE.BROMPTON.Total.
    SEX.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 66
    The following list summarises the information obtained.
    Foods Used.No. of Cases.
  • Page 69
    "The analyses of the five samples of pure' milk show percentages of the various constituents as follows:—
    Fat.Other Solids of Milks.Added Sugar.Total Solids.
  • Page 71
    The actual figures, showing loss, both for town and country, during the fourteen years 1886-99, as set out in the report of the Local Government Board for 1901-2, are as follows:—
    Metropolis Cases lost.Rest of England. Cases lost.Metropolis. Cases lost.Rest of England. Cases lost.
  • Page 75
    Vaccination Officer's Return respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were Registered in 1901.1 (Vide page 71.)
    DATE.Registration Sub-Districts comprised in Vaccination Officer's District.Number ofBirthsreturned in Births ListSheetsNumber of these Births duly entered in Columns 1, 2, 4, and 5 of the Vaccination Register (Birth List Sheets), viz. :Number of these Births which are not entered in the Vaccination Register, on account,(as shown by Report Book) of
    Column I. Successfully Vaccinated.Column II.Column V. Dead, Un vaccinated.Postponement by Medical Certificate.Removed to other Districts and notified to Vaccination Officers of the Districts.Removal to places unknown, or which cannot be reached, and cases not having been found.Total Number of Certificates of Successful Vaccinations received during each of the Calendar Years.
    Insusceptible of Vaccination.Certificate ofConscientious Objection.
    1901.1902*
    1901.12346789101213
  • Page 87
    South Kensington.
    Name of Street.Number of Houses in Street.Number ofHouses Registered.Number of Houses not Registered.
  • Page 88
    North Kensington.
    Name of Street.Number of Houses in Street.Number ofHouses Registered.Number of Houses not Registered.
  • Page 90
    COMMON LODGING HOUSES.
    Sanitary District.Name of Keeper.Address of Common Lodging-House.No. of Single Lodgers, for which registered, in 1902.No. of Double Beds Authorised.
    Male.Female.Total.
  • Page 91
    " The subjoined list comprises the businesses carried on at the registered premises:—
    Trade or Business.North Kensington.South Kensington.Borough.
  • Page 93
    Appended to the report is the subjoined table, setting out certain particulars of the work of the year so far as this admits of tabulation.
    North Kensington.South Kensington.Total for Borough.
    Dressmakers.Laundries.MiscellaneousTotalDress makersLaundries.MiscellaneousTotal.
  • Page 94
    "The businesses carried on at the workshops where men are employed, 729 in number, are set out in the subjoined list compiled from the register, in which the trades are classified, columns being provided for the address and the name of the occupier, and a column for the " Number of protected persons " employed at the date of inspection of the premises.
    Trade or Business.North Kensington.South Kensington.Borough
  • Page 108
    Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year 1902. (See page 107.)
    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.1Notices served by order of the Sanitary Committee.Notices served under the Lodging-House By-lawsFinal Notices (signed by Medical Officer) served.Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c.Houses disinfected after illness : Infectious disease, †Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Ventilated, Trapped, &c.Repaired.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.Dairies, Milkshops, &c.Licensed Cow-houses.Licensed Slaughter-houses.
  • Page 112
    The following statement shows the work done in giving effect to the by-law:—
    North Kensington.South Kensington.Total.
  • Page 121
    I append a statement of the monthly cost of this work in 1902, which is irrespective of the wages of the disinfecting officer.
    £s.d.
  • Page 122
    Cases of Infectious Disease which occurred in Tenements of less than Four Rooms, during the Years 1894-1902.
    The Year.In Three Room Tenements.In Two Room Tenements.In One Room Tenements.Total.
  • Page 122
    Cases of Infectious Disease occurring in One Room Tenements.
    The Year.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Typhus Fever.Typhoid Fever.Total.
  • Page 130
    APPENDIX I. (Vide page 14.) TABLE VI. (Table I. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births and Deaths in 1902, and in the ten preceding years ; gross numbers.
    The Year.Estimated Population1No. of Inhabited Houses.†Marriages.Registered Births.Deaths.
    Total allAges.‡Under One Year.Under Five YearsAt Public Institutions.§
  • Page 131
    TABLE VII. ( Table II. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing the Annual Birth-rate and Death-rate; Death-rate of Children; and proportion of Deaths at Public Institutions to 1,000 Deaths, for the year 1902, and ten preceding years.
    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 Children under 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.
  • Page 132 133
    TABLE VIII. (Table III. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Deaths registered fromall causes in the Year 1902. (Exclusive of the Deaths of Non-Parishioners at Public Institutions within the Borough, but inclusive of the Deaths of Parishioners at Public Institutions, &c., without the Borough). For a Summary of this Table see page 17.
    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
  • Page 134 135
    TABLE VIII.—continued.
    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.
  • Page 136 137
    TABLE VIII.—continued.
    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 26.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.Kensington Town.Brompton.
  • Page 138 139
    TABLE VIII.—continued.
    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.j 35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.\75 to 85.85 and upwards.Kensington TownBrompton.
  • Page 140
    TABLE IX. . ( Table IV. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing the number of Deaths in the Borough at all ages, in 1902, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportion to 1,000 of Population, and to 1,000 deaths from all causes: also the number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 Births, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.
    Division I. (At all Ages.)Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Population.Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths.
  • Page 141
    TABLE X. (Table V. in Annual Reports prior to 1900). Showing the Number of Deaths from the Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class in ten years, 1892-1901, and in the year 1902.
    DISEASES.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.1901.Annual Average of ten years, 1892-1901.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from a11 causes in ten years, 1892-1901.Deaths in 1902.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from all causes in 1902.
  • Page 142
    TABLE XI. ( Table VII. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing the Death-rate per 1,000 persons living; the Rate per 1,000 from the Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class; and the proportion of Deaths from these Diseases to total Deaths, in Kensington, and in all London, in 1902, and in the ten preceding years, 1892-1901.
    The Year.Deaths per 1,000 living.Total Deaths from seven principal Zymotic Diseases, Kensington.Annual rate of mortality per 1,000 living, from seven principal Zymotic Diseases.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths, from seven principal Zymotic Diseases.The Year
    Kensington.London.Kensington.London.Kensington.London.
  • Page 142
    TABLE XII. ( Table VIII. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Comparative Analysis of the Mortality in all London, and in Kensington, in 1902.
    Annual Death-rate per 1,000 living, from all causes.Annual Death-rate per 1,000living, from seven principal Zymotic Diseases.Percentage of Deaths under 1 year to Births Registered.Percentage of Deaths to Total Deaths.
    Under 1 year of age.At 60 years of age and upwardsFrom seven principal Zymotic diseases.From Violence.Registered upon information of Coroners. (Inquests.)Registered at Public Institutions.*Uncertified.
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    TABLE XIII. (Table IX. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Name of Streets, etc., in the Registration Sub-Districts, and in the Wards in which occurred the 263 fatal cases of the Principal Zymotic Diseases during the year 1902. The Registration Sub-Districts are Kensington Town (=K T), and Brompton (=B). The Wards, with their abreviations, are St. Charles (=St. C), Golborne (=G), Norland (=N), Pembridge (=P), Holland (=H), Earl's Court (=E C), Queen's Gate (=Q G), Redcliffe (= R), Brompton (= B).
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
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    TABLE XIII.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
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    TABLE XIII.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhœa.Total.
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    TABLE XIV. (Table IXa. in Annual Reports, prior to 1900.) Names of Streets, etc., in the Registration Sub-Districts, and in the Wards, from which the 1,608 cases of Infectious Disease were notified, under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during the year 1902. The Registration Sub-Districts are Kensington Town (=K T), and Brompton (=B). The Wards, with their abbreviations, are St. Charles (=St. C), Golborne (=G), Norland (=N), Pembridge (=P), Holland (=H), Earl's Court (=E C), Queen's Gate (=Q G), Redcliffe (=R), Brompton (=B).
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Small-pox.Chicken-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Total.
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    TABLE XIV.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Small-pox.Chicken-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric FeverContinued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Total.
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    TABLE XIV.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Small-pox.Chicken-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Total.
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    TABLE XIV.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Small-poxChicken-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Puerp ral Fever.ErysipelasCroup.Total.
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    TABLE XIV.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Small-pox.Chicken-poxScarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Total.
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    TABLE XIV.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Small-pox.Chicken-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Total.
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    APPENDIX II. TABLE A. Population of Kensington, 1856-1902; Marriages and Marriage-rate (1871-1902); Births and Birth-rate; Deaths and Death-rate 1856-1902; and Infantile Mortality (1870-1902).
    The Year.Population.Marriages.Marriage Rate.Births.Birth Rate.Deaths.Death Rate.Deaths under One Year.Deaths under One Year per 1,000Births Registered.
    Kensington.London.Kensington.London.
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    TABLE B. Annual Number of Deaths in Kensington from the Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class (1856-1902); and Zymotic Death-rate, in Kensington, and in London
    The Year.Population.Deaths from the Seven Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class.Zymotic Death-rate.
    Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-Cough.Fever.Diarrhœa.Total.Per 1,000 persons living.Deaths per 1,000 Deaths from all Causes, Kensington.
    Typhus.Enteric.Simple Continued.Kensington.London.
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    TABLE C. Births, and Birth-rate; Deaths, and Death-rate; Deaths from the Seven Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class; and Zymotic Death-rate, in Kensington, 1856-1900: Arranged in Quinquennial Periods.
    Quinquennial Period.Births.Birth-rate.Deaths.Death-rate.Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.Zymotic Death-rate, per1,000 persons living.
    Small-poxMeasles.Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaWhooping-Cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.SimpleContinuedFever.Diarrhœa.Total.
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    TABLE D. Death-rate in Kensington, per 1,000 persons living, from each of the Seven Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class; Arranged also, in two groups; viz. (1) The four notifiable infectious diseases-Small-pox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, and "Fever"; and (2) The three non-notifiable diseases—Measles, Whooping-Cough, and Diarrhœa.
    Quinquennial Period.123451.67Death-rate per 1,000 from—
    Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough."Fever."Diarrhœa.The Seven Diseases.The Four Notifiable Infectious Diseases. (Columns 1, 3, 4, and 6.)The three Non-notifiable Infectious Diseases. (Columns 2, 5, and 7.)