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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 1903
The annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year 1903
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TABLE I. (Required 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. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in District. | Deaths of Residents registered beyond District. | Deaths at all Ages. Nett. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.1 | Number. | Rate per 1000Births registered | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate. | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1893 | 167,900 | 3,661 | 21·8 | 625 | 170 | 3,225 | 19·2 | 1,042 | 621 | 312 | 2,916 | 17·4 |
| 1894 | 168,600 | 3,665 | 21·7 | 636 | 174 | 2,983 | 17·7 | 1,070 | 643 | 283 | 2,623 | 15·6 |
| 1895 | 169,300 | 3,621 | 21·4 | 624 | 172 | 3,065 | 18·1 | 1,062 | 625 | 308 | 2,748 | 16·2 |
| 1896 | 170,000 | 3,717 | 21·4 | 656 | 176 | 3,158 | 18·6 | 1,065 | 620 | 353 | 2.891 | 16·7 |
| 1897 | 170,700 | 3,683 | 21·6 | 609 | 165 | 3,025 | 17·7 | 1,164 | 691 | 333 | 2,667 | 15·6 |
| 1898 | 172,000 | 3,633 | 21·1 | 655 | 180 | 3,151 | 18·3 | 1,123 | 639 | 286 | 2,798 | 16·3 |
| 1899 | 172,400 | 3,590 | 20·8 | 642 | 179 | 3,422 | 19·8 | 1,320 | 722 | 321 | 3,021 | 17·5 |
| 1900 | 173,000 | 3,586 | 20·7 | 641 | 179 | 3,087 | 17·7 | 1,132 | 672 | 283 | 2,698 | 15·6 |
| 1901 | 177,000 | 3,602 | 20·4 | 581 | 161 | 2,964 | 16·7 | 1,108 | 635 | 321 | 2,650 | 15·0 |
| 1902 | 177,500 | 3,488 | 19·3 | 515 | 148 | 3,112 | 17·2 | 1,182 | 681 | 315 | 2,746 | 15·2 |
| Averages for years 1893-1902. | 171,840 | 3,625 | 21·0 | 618 | 170 | 3,119 | 18·1 | 1,127 | 655 | 312 | 2.776 | 16·1 |
| 1903 | 178,000 | 3,565 | 20·0 | 510 | 143 | 2,803 | 15·7 | 1,094 | 666 | 318 | 2,455 | 13·8 |
Note.— The deaths included in columns 7 and 9 of this Table are all those registered during
the year within the Borough. The Deaths included in column 12 are the number in column 7,
corrected by the subtraction of the number in column 10, and the addition of the number in
column 11.
The term "non-residents" in column 10, means persons brought into the Borough on
account of illness and dying there. The term "residents " in column 11, means persons taken out
of the Borough on account of illness and dying thereout.
Area, of Borough in acres 2,291
Total population at all ages 178,000
No. (approximate) of inhabited houses 23,000
Average number of persons per house 7·7
* Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.