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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 1905
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year 1905
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Table showing Number of Notifications in Kensington—gross and per 1,000 of the Population in 1895-1905, and percentage of notified cases removed to Hospital.
| Year. | No. of Notifications Received. | Notifications per 1,000 of the Population. | Percentage of Cases removed to Hospital. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1895 | 1,289 | 7.6 | 51.7 |
| 1896 | 1,781 | 10.5 | 59.6 |
| 1897 | 1,457 | 8.5 | 59.6 |
| 1898 | 1,004 | 5.8 | 60.3 |
| 1899 | 1,046 | 6.1 | 58.8 |
| 1900 | 986 | 5.7 | 67.1 |
| 1901 | 1,025 | 5.8 | 67.0 |
| 1902 | 939 | 5.3 | 64.2 |
| 1903 | 738 | 4.1 | 61.2 |
| 1904 | 651 | 3.6 | 64.5 |
| Average of ten years, 1895-1904 | 1,092 | 6.3 | 61.4 |
| 1905 | 669 | 3.7 | 67.0 |
Note.— The notifications of chicken pox have been deleted in the foregoing table. They numbered 669 in 1902 and
271 in 1904.