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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 X. (Table V. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing the Number of Deaths from the Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class in the ten years,1893-1902, and in the year 1903.

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.
Small-pox9.....................1112.10.8......
Measles1810833173331202498779377.728.03413.8
Scarlet Fever512227392923104152124.18.7145.7
Diphtheria8375897282264227382055.419.9249.8
Whooping-cough6561399919525933622151.018.49036.7
Typhus Fever...............2......1...0.30.1......
Enteric Fever1721151521122316111917.06.193.7
Simp. Continued Fever...3111...............0.60.2...
Diarrhoea9856118611251121011051157896.934.99739.5
TOTALS.Kensington341346322460310347259283320263325.1117.1268109.2
London13,22311,54411,54414,10011,52512,56511,22810,18710,20310,39311,651138..28,166113
England & Wales73,49952,77164,90166,93667,05169,71469,82064,05966,53153,79564,90711849,15096