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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 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 1903, and ten preceding years.

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 1903, 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*
190320.013.8143208313314
190219.315.2148187293303
190120.415.0161219331302
190020.715.6179238325283
189920.817.5179213309311
189821.116.3180234371279
189721.615.6165229342315
189621.416.7176227384283
189521.416.2172227346277
189421.715.6174242389285
189321.817.6170214331254
Average of 10 years. 1893-1902.21.016.1170223342289

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* Includes Deaths of Parishioners at outlying Public Institutions, but excludes Deaths of Non-Parishioners at
Brompton Consumption Hospital, St. Marylebone Infirmary, Notting-hill, Sec

Table: TABLE IX. ( Table IV. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing the number of Deaths in the Borough at all ages, in 1903, 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 co 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.

TABLE IX. ( Table IV. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing the number of Deaths in the Borough at all ages, in 1903, 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 co 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.
l.Principal Zymotic Diseases2681.5109
2.Pulmonary Diseases4822.7196
3.Principal Tubercular Diseases2911.6118
Division II. (Infants under one year.)Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Births.Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths under one year.
4.Wasting Diseases11833.1231
5.Convulsive Diseases4011.278

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NOTES.
1. Includes Small-pox. Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping-cough, Typhus Fever, Enteric (or Typhoid) Fever,
Simple Continued Fever, and Diarrhoea. Thirty-six of the deaths occurred in Hospitals without the Borough.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Tuberculosis, Rickets, and Tabes.
4. Includes Debility, Atrophy, Inanition, Want of Breast-milk, and Premature Birth.
5 Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and Teething. (In Table VIII., Hydrocephalus and Infantile
Meningitis are classified with tubercular diseases, Convulsions with diseases of the nervous system, and Teething with
diseases of the digestive system.)