Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the four weeks, August 10th to September 6th, 1902...
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Localised Death-Rates.—The subjoined table shows the number of deaths and the death-rate in the Borough, as a whole, and in the registration Sub-districts, the Parliamentary Divisions, and the several Wards:-
Locality. | Population. | Deaths in the four weeks. | Death Rate. |
---|---|---|---|
The Borough | 177,500 | 180 | 13.2 |
Sub-districts :— | |||
Kensington Town | 128,660 | 160 | 16.2 |
Brompton | 48,840 | 20 | 5.3 |
Parliamentary Divisions:— | |||
North Kensington | 91,510 | 128 | 18.2 |
South Kensington | 85,990 | 52 | 7.9 |
Wards:— | |||
St. Charles | 22,060 | 30 | 17.7 |
Golborne | 26,440 | 34 | 16.7 |
Norland | 23,580 | 46 | 25.4 |
Pembridge | 19,430 | 18 | 12.0 |
Holland | 20,500 | 21 | 13.3 |
Earl's Court | 18,140 | 11 | 7.9 |
Queen's Gate | 14,340 | 5 | 4.5 |
Redcliffe | 18,790 | 10 | 6.9 |
Brompton | 14,220 | 5 | 4.6 |
2. —Zymotic Diseases. —The deaths from the principal diseases
of the zymotic class were 31, and 5 below the corrected decennial
average number. In the Metropolis, as a whole, the deaths from
these diseases were 1,050, and 522 below the corrected average.
Measles.—The deaths from measles were 2, as compared with 5,
7, and 3, in the three preceding four-weekly periods respectively. In
the Metropolis, as a whole, the deaths from this cause were 99,
and 25 below the corrected average.
Whooping-Cough. —The deaths from whooping-cough were 3, as
compared with 4, 1, and 2, in the three preceding four-weekly