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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: TABLE V.*Comparison of Prevalence of Sickness and Death from Infectious Diseases in 1903, and the Ten Preceding Years. (Rates calculated per 1,000 persons on the population estimated to the middle of each year.)

TABLE V.*Comparison of Prevalence of Sickness and Death from Infectious Diseases in 1903, and the Ten Preceding Years. (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.
18930·570·051·630·102·190·495·690·300·000·000·640·100·050·06
18940·110·001·090·021·650·442·310·130·000·000·580·140·050·03
18950·050·001·590·052·230·533·100·160·000·000·610·090·040·02
18960·070·001·630·022·180·425·950·230·000·000·590·090·050·04
18970·000·001·390·051·940·484·330·170·000·000·740·130·090·03
18980·000·001·050·041·290·152·750·130·050·010·630·070·060·03
18990·000·001·220·051·490·242·570·060·000·000·720·130·060·03
19000·030·000·920·051·920·162·120·020·000·000·660·090·050·03
19010·080·000·950·031·410·212·680·080·010·000·590·060·050·01
19020·530·061·060·031·040·112·090·120·000·000·470·110·080·03
19030·030·000·990·030·900·131·850·080·000·000·350·050·020·01

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*This table is recommended for use by the Society of Medical Officers of Health, as a record of " the frequency and mortality of infectious diseases in the whole district for a series of years."