Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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 X.
DISEASES. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | Annual Average of ten years, 1893-1902. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from all causes in ten years, 1893-1902. | Deaths in 1903. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from all causes in 1903. | |
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Small-pox | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 11 | 2.1 | 0.8 | ... | ... | |
Measles | 18 | 108 | 33 | 173 | 33 | 120 | 24 | 98 | 77 | 93 | 77.7 | 28.0 | 34 | 13.8 | |
Scarlet Fever | 51 | 22 | 27 | 39 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 24.1 | 8.7 | 14 | 5.7 | |
Diphtheria | 83 | 75 | 89 | 72 | 82 | 26 | 42 | 27 | 38 | 20 | 55.4 | 19.9 | 24 | 9.8 | |
Whooping-cough | 65 | 61 | 39 | 99 | 19 | 52 | 59 | 33 | 62 | 21 | 51.0 | 18.4 | 90 | 36.7 | |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 0.3 | 0.1 | ... | ... | |
Enteric Fever | 17 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 17.0 | 6.1 | 9 | 3.7 | |
Simp. Continued Fever | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.6 | 0.2 | ... | ||
Diarrhoea | 98 | 56 | 118 | 61 | 125 | 112 | 101 | 105 | 115 | 78 | 96.9 | 34.9 | 97 | 39.5 | |
TOTALS. | Kensington | 341 | 346 | 322 | 460 | 310 | 347 | 259 | 283 | 320 | 263 | 325.1 | 117.1 | 268 | 109.2 |
London | 13,223 | 11,544 | 11,544 | 14,100 | 11,525 | 12,565 | 11,228 | 10,187 | 10,203 | 10,393 | 11,651 | 138..2 | 8,166 | 113 | |
England & Wales | 73,499 | 52,771 | 64,901 | 66,936 | 67,051 | 69,714 | 69,820 | 64,059 | 66,531 | 53,795 | 64,907 | 118 | 49,150 | 96 |