Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1906

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The estimate of population of the borough is based on the subjoined summary table which shows the Age and Sex Distribution of the people as ascertained at the census of 1901.

Population at all Ages, March 31st, 1901.		Under Five Years.	5 to 15.	15 to 25.	25 to 35.	35 to 45.	45 to 55.	55 to 65.	65 to 75.	75 to 85.	85 to 95.	95 and upwards.	All Ages.

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Number and Population of Tenements of Less than Five Rooms in 1901.

Tenements of -	Number.	Population.

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The subjoined statement exhibits the growth of population during the nineteenth century:—

The Year.	Population.	The Year.	Population.

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The development of the Borough during the last 84 years is evidenced by the subjoined statement, showing the increase in rateable value. The present total is about one-sixteenth of that of the Administrative County of London.

Rateable Value of Property.	The Year.	Rateable Value of Property.	The Year.

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The following table, brought up to date, exhibits the growth of the borough since the Metropolis Local Management Act came into operation in 1856:—

	1856.	1906.	Increase in 51 years.

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The increase in all respects within the last thirty-six years, 1871-1906, the period over which my official experience extends, has been very considerable, as the subjoined figures show:—

	1871.	1906.	Increase in 36 years.

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The marriages in the year were 1,690, compared with 1,623, 1,672 and 1,574, in the three preceding years respectively. Of these marriages there were celebrated—

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The subjoined table shows the Marriage-Rate in Ten Years 1896-1905, and in 1906, in Kensington in London, and in England and Wales.

YEAR.	Kensington.		London.	England and Wales
YEAR.	No. of Marriages.	Marriage Rate.	Marriage Rate.	Marriage Rate.

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The birth-rate in the several wards—after distribution of the births at the borough infirmary, and at Queen Charlotte's Hospital—was as follows:—

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The excess of births over deaths in the several wards was as follows:—

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The subjoined table shows the quarterly number of births of males and females in the borough, including those in Queen Charlotte's Hospital, and in each of the sub-districts:—

	Kensington Town.				Brompton.	The Borough.
	Males.	Females.	Total.	Males.	Females.	Total.	Total.

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The following table shows the population, the number of births, including those at Queen Charlotte's Hospital and the birth-rate for each of the ten years, 1896-1905:—

The Year.	Population.	Total Births.	Males.	Females.	Birth-rate per 1000.

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Birth-rate in the Metropolis, and in Kensington, and in certain Districts of the Borough, in each of the thirteen four-weekly periods ended December 29th, 1906, and in the Registration Year, 1906.

Four Weeks ended	Metropolis.	Borough.	Sub-Districts.		Parliamentary Divisions.		Wards.
Four Weeks ended	Metropolis.	Borough.	Kensington Town.	Brompton.	North.	South.	St. Charles.	Golborne.	Norland.	Pembridge.	Holland.	Earl's Court.	Queen's Gate.	Red cliffe.	Brompton.

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The ward-rate in 1906 (entire year) is set out below; the rate in each of the thirteen four-weekly periods in the table at page 16.

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The True Death-rate of Kensington, 1906.

Age-Period.	Population.			Deaths.			Death-rate.
Age-Period.	Both Sexes.	Males.	Females	Both Sexes.	Males.	Females.	Both Sexes.	Males.	Females

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The subjoined table shows the quarterly number of deaths of males and females in the borough, and in each of the sub-districts:—

	Kensington Town.			Brompton.			The Borough.
	Males.	Females.	Total	Males.	Females.	Total.	Total.

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In the several wards the rate was as follows:—

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Infantile Mortality Rate.

year.	The Borough.		Kensington Town		Brompton.		London.
year.	Deaths under 1 year.	Deaths per 1,000 births.	Deaths under 1 year.	Deaths per 1,000 births.	Deaths under 1 year.	Deaths per 1,000 births.	Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births.

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(NOTTING-DALE" SPECIAL AREA. VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS, 1906. (The Corresponding statistics for the preceding ten years are added fot comparison.)

Population	1906.	1905.	1904.	1903.	1902.	1901.	1900.	1899.	1898.	1897.	1896.

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Death-rate in the Metropolis, and in Kensington, and in Localized Districts of the Borough, in each of the thirteen four-weekly periods ended December 29th, 1906, and in the Registration Year, 1906.

Four Weeks ended.	Metropolis.	Borough.	Sob-Districts.		Parliamentary Divisions.		Wards.
Four Weeks ended.	Metropolis.	Borough.	Kensington Town.	Brompton.	North.	South.	St. Charles.	Golborne.	Norland.	Pembridge.	Holland.	Earl's Court.	Queen's Gate.	Redcliffe.	Bromp ton.

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Summary of Vital and Mortal Statistics of the Royal Borough of Kensington, 1906.

During the Four Weeks ended	Births.	Deaths.	Death-rate.				Deaths at Ages.			Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.										Deaths from Diseases of Respiratory System			Deaths from Phthisis.	Deaths from Heart Disease.	Deaths under Five from Tubercular Disease	Mean Temperature.
			Kensington.		London.		Deaths at Ages.			Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.										Deaths from Diseases of Respiratory System
			1906.	Decennial Average.	1906.	Average 4 years, 1902-5.	0—1	1—5	60 and upwards.	Totals.	Small-pox.	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Whooping-Cough.	Enteric Fever	Typhus Fever.	Simple continued Fever.	Diarrhoea.	Totals.	Bronchitis	Pneumonia

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The subjoined table shows the annual death-rate per 1,000 persons living in each of the last eleven years, in Kensington, in London, and in England and Wales.

	1906	1905.	1904.	1903.	1902.	1901.	1900.	1899.	1898.	1897.	1896.	1895.

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TABLE 1. For Whole District.

Year.	Population estimated to Middle of each Year.	Births.		Deaths under One Year of Age.		Deaths at all Ages. Total.		Deaths in Public Institutions.	Deaths of Nonresidents registered in District.	Deaths of Residents registered beyond District.	Deaths at all Ages. Nett.
Year.	Population estimated to Middle of each Year.	Number.	Rate.*	Number.	Rate per 1,000 Births registered	Number.	Rate.*	Deaths in Public Institutions.	Deaths of Nonresidents registered in District.	Deaths of Residents registered beyond District.	Number.	Rate.*
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13

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TABLE II.

Names of Localities.	Kensington.				Kensington Town.				Brompton.
Year.	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births registered.	Deaths at all ages.	Deaths under 1 year.	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births registered.	Deaths at all ages.	Deaths under 1 year.	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births registered.	Deaths at all ages.	Deaths under 1 year.

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TABLE IV.1 Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1906.

Causes of Death.		Deaths in whole District at subjoined ages.							Deaths in Localities (at all ages).		Total Deaths whether of Residents or non '' Resi dents" in Public Institutions in the District.
		All Ages.	Under 1	1 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25.	25 and under 65	65 and upwards	Kensington Town-	Bromp-ton.

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The subjoined table shows the number of deaths from the several diseases occurring in the sub-districts and at outlying public institutions, etc.

Disease.	Sub-Districts.		In Hospital.		Total Deaths.	Decennial Average.
Disease.	Town.	Brompton.	Town.	Brompton.	Total Deaths.	Uncorrected.	Corrected for increase of Population.

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Distribution of the deaths from the Principal Zymotic Diseases:—

		Smallpox.	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Whooping Cough.	Enteric Fever.	Continued Fever.	Diarrhœa.	Total

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The following table shows the rate of mortality per 1,000 persons living from the principal zymotic diseases in Kensington and London, and in England and Wales:—

	Small pox.	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Whooping Cough.	Fever.	Diarrhoea.

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Scarlet Fever in 1906.

Report for four weeks ended	No. of Notifications.		No. of cases admitted to Hospitals.		No. of Deaths.		No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period.
	Kensingtor	. London.	Kensington.	London.	Kensington.	London.

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Scarlet Fever in 1905.

Report for four weeks ended	No. of Notifications.		No. of cases admitted to Hospitals.		No. of Deaths.		No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period
	Kensington	London.	Kensington	London.	Kensington.	London.

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The following tables exhibit certain particulars of interest with respect to scarlet fever prevalence, &c., during 1906, and in the preceding ten years.

The Year.	Cases notified.	Case rate per 1.000 of population.	Deaths.	Death rate per 1,000 of population.	Case mortality per cent

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Scarlet Fever Cases Recorded in Kensington in 1906, and in the Preceding Ten Years in Thirteen Four.Weekly Periods.

The Year	Weeks 1-4	Weeks 5-8	Weeks 9-12	Weeks 13-16	Weeks 17-20	Weeks 21-24	Weeks 25-28	Weeks 29-32	Weeks 33-36	Weeks 37-40	Weeks 41-44	Weeks 45-48	Weeks 49-52	Total.

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Statistics of Scarlet Fever in Kensington in 1906, and in the Preceding Ten Years.

The Year.	No. of Recorded Cases.		Total N umber of Recorded Cases	Percentage of Removals to total Recorded Cases.	Deaths.		Total Deaths.	Percentage of Deaths.		Percentage of Deaths to Recorded Cases.	Deaths in London from Scarlet Fever.
The Year.	Treated at Home.	Ramoved to Hospital.	Total N umber of Recorded Cases	Percentage of Removals to total Recorded Cases.	At Home.	In Hospitals.	Total Deaths.	At Home	In Hospitals.	Percentage of Deaths to Recorded Cases.	Deaths in London from Scarlet Fever.

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The subjoined table, based on the thirteen four-weekly reports, set out certain particulars with regard to diphtheria, in Kensington, and in London as a whole: —

Report for four weeks ended	No. of Notifications.		No. of cases admitted to Hospital.		No. of Deaths		No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period
Report for four weeks ended	Kensington	London.	Kensington	London.	Kensington.	London.	No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period

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The following table gives particulars with respect to diphtheria in North and South Ken sington respectively.

Set out in Report for Four weeks ended.	Total Cases Recorded.	Cases Recorded in North Kensington	Cases Recorded in South Kensington..	Cases removed to Hospital from—		Deaths (12 in Hospital).
				North Kensington.	South Kensington,	North Kensington.	South Kensington.

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Diphtheria in Kensington, 1896.1906.

Year.	Cases Notified.	Case rate per 1,000 of population.	Deaths.	Death rate per 1,000 of population.	Case Mortality per cent.

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Enteric Fever in Kensington, 1896.1906.

Year.	Cases Notified.	Case rate per 1,000 of population.	Deaths.	Death rate per 1.000 of population.	Case Mortality per cent.

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Deaths under One Year from Epidemic Diarrhcea during 12 weeks ending October 6th, 1906.

Locality.	Population.	In: 4 weeks ending Aug. 11th.	In: 4 weeks ending Sept. 8th.	In: 4 weeks ending Oct. 6th.	Total: 12 weeks.	Grand Total: whole year.

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Sex, and Age at death, under one year.

Age in Weeks.					Age in Months.
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	-2	-3	-4	-5	-6	-7	-8	-9	-10	-11	-12	Total.

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Sex, and Age at death, between one and five.

	1-2 years.	2-3 years.	3-4 years.	4-5 years.	Total.

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Number of rooms occupied by family : deaths, under one year of age.

1 room.	2 rooms.	3 rooms.	4 rooms.	No information.	Total.

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Deaths and Death Rate from Phthisis and other Tuberculous Diseases, in 1906.

District.	Phthisis.		Other Tuberculous diseases.		Total.
District.	No. of deaths.	Rate.	No. of deaths.	Rate	No. of deaths.	Rate.

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Tuberculosis in Kensington, 1896.1906.

The Year.	Deaths from Phthisis per 100,000 persons living.	Deaths from other Tuberculous Diseases per 100,000 persons.	Total deaths from Tuberculosis per 100,000 persons living

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Kensington Deaths in Public Institutions,1896.1906.

Year.	Total Deaths.	Deaths in Public Institutions.	Proportion per cent, of Deaths in Public Institutions to Total Deaths.

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SUMMARY OF CAUSES OF DEATH.

DISEASES.	Under 1 year.	Between 1 year and 60 years.	At 60 years and upwards.	Total.

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The notifications in London of each of the diseases during the seventeen years, 1890-1906, are set out in the subjoined table.

Year.	Small-pox.	Chicken-pox.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Enteric Fever.	Typhus Fever.	Other Continued Fevers.	Puerperal Fever	Erysipelas.	Croup.	Cholera.	Relapsing Fever.	Total.

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The Ages at notification of certain of the diseases, in 1906, were as follows :—

Age.	Small.pox.	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria.	Enteric Fever.	Erysipelas.	Puerperal Fever.

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Cases of Infectious Disease notified in the several Metropolitan Boroughs in the Fifty-two Weeks ended Saturday, 29th December, 1906.

Name of Borough.		Small-pox.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Enteric Fever.	Typhus Fever.	Other Continued Fevers.	Puerperal Fever.	Erysipelas.	Membranous Croup.	Cholera.	Totals.	Population. 1901.

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Table showing the number of Cases of Infectiou Arranged in s Disease Notified in Kensington, and in London, in 1906: four-weekly periods.

Date of Report. For Four Weeks ended	KENSINGTON.												LONDON.											Weeks of the Year.
Date of Report. For Four Weeks ended	Weeks of the Year.	Small-pox.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Enteric Fever.	Typhus Fever.	Other Continued Fevers.	Puerperal Fever.	Erysipelas.	Croup.	Cholera.	Total.	Small-pox.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Enteric Fever.	Typhus Fever.	Other Continued Fevers.	Puerperal Fever.	Erysipelas.	Croup.	Choler.	Total.	Weeks of the Year.	Date of Report. For Four Weeks ended

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(Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year, 1906.

Notifiable Disease.	Cases Notified in Kensington.							Total Cases Notified in each Sub-District.		Number of Cases removed to Hospital from each Sub-District.
	At all Ages.	At Ages—Years						Kensington Town.	Brompton.	Kensington Town.	Brompton.
	At all Ages.	Under 1	1 to 5.	5to 15.	15 to 25.	25to 65.	65 and upwards	Kensington Town.	Brompton.	Kensington Town.	Brompton.

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Table showing the Notifications, in 1906, in the Borough, the Sub-Districts, the Parliamentary Divisions, and the Wards.

Area.		Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Enteric Fever.	Continued Fever	Puerperal Fever.	Erysipelas.	Croup.	Totals.	Population.	Notifications per 1,000 of the population.

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Table showing Number of Notifications in Kensington—gross, and per 1,000 of the Population, in 1896.1906, 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.

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TABLE VI. . Comparison of Prevalence of Sickness and Death from Infectious Diseases in 1906 and the Preceding Ten Years. A. (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.
Year.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.

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Home or other Accommodation of the Sick Person or Family.

Number of Rooms Occupied.	1	2	3	4or more.	Homeless Persons in the Infirmary.	Common Lodginghouse Cases.	No Information obtainable.	Total Cases investigated.

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Voluntary Notification of Consumption in Kensington in the five years, 1902-6.

The District.		Number of Cases notified.
The District.		1902.	1903	1904.	1905.	1906.	Total in five years.

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Voluntary Notification of Consumption in Kensington in the five years, 1902-6.

The Year	AGE AT NOTIFICATION.
	0-5.	5-10.	10-20.	20 40.	40-60	60 and upwards.	Total.

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Deaths after notification of Consumption, and otherwise, in the five years, 1902-6.

The District.			1902.	1908.	1904.	1905.	1906.	Total in five years.

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Age at Death from Consumption in the five years, 1902-6.

The Year.			0-5.	5-10.	10-20.	20-40	40 60	60 and upwards.	Totals.

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Disinfections after Consumption [carried out by the Council's officer.

The District.		1902.		1903.		1904.		1905.		1906.		Total.
The District.		Notifications and Deaths.	Disinfections.	Notifications and Deaths.	Disinfections.	Notifications and Deaths.	Disinfections	Notifications and Deaths.	Disinfections.	Notifications and Deaths.	Disinfections.	Notifications and Deaths.	Disinfections.

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Number of Rooms disinfected, and not disinfected; (total infected rooms 1,439).

Disinfection.	1902.	1908.	1904.	1905.	1906.	Total.

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INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1906. Deaths from stated Causes, in Weeks and Months, under One Year of Age.

Cause of Death.		Under 1 week.	1-2 Weeks.	2-3 Weeks.	3-4 Weeks.	Total under 1 Month.	1-2 Months.	2-3 Months.	3-4 Months.	4-5 Months.	5-6 Months.	6-7 Months.	7-8 Months.	8-9 Months.	9-10 Months.	10-11 Months.	11-12 Months.	Total Deaths under One Year.

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TABLE VA. INFANTILE MORTALITY. Causes of Death of Infants under one year of age, grouped in monthly periods, 1906.

Cause of Death.	January.	February.	March.	April.	May.	June.	July.	August.	September.	October.	November.	Decemher.	Totals.

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OCCUPATIONS OF FATHERS OF 207 DECEASED LEGITIMATE CHILDREN.

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The actual figures, showing loss, both for the Metropolis and the rest of England, during the twenty years 1884-1903, as set out in the report of the Local Government Board for 1903-4, are as follows:—

	Metropolis.	Rest of England.		Metropolis.	Rest of England.
	Cases lost.	Cases lost.		Cases lost.	Cases lost.

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Vaccination Officer's Return respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were Registered in 1905.1(Videpage 68.)

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COMMON LODGING-HOUSES.

Ward.	Name of Keeper.	Address of Common Lodging-House.	No. of Lodgers, for which licensed, in 1906.
Ward.			Male.	Female.	Total.

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"The subjoined table summarises particulars of the workshops on the Register at the end of the year, in North Kensington and South Kensington respectively—Holland Park Avenue and High Street, Notting Hill, constituting the dividing line.

	North Kensington.				South Kensington.				Total for Whole Borough
Workshops, etc.	Dressmakers.	Laundries.	Miscellaneous.	Total.	Dressmakers.	Laundries.	Miscellaneous.	Total.	Total for Whole Borough

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The businesses carried on at the registered premises are set out in the subjoined list:—

Trade or Business.	North Kensington.	South Kensington.	Total in the Borough.

Page 82

The appended table summarises the work of the Inspectors, under the Act, so far as it is capable of being expressed in this form.

1906.	North Kensington.				South Kensington.				Total for Borough.
1906.	Dressmakers.	Laundries.	Miscellaneous	Total	Dressmakers	Laundries.	Miscellaneous	Total.	Total for Borough.

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"The businesses carried on at the workshops where men are employed, 779 in number, are set out in the subjoined list, compiled from the register, in which the trades are classified, columns being provided for the address, and the name, of the occupier, and a column for the "number of protected persons" employed at the date of inspection of the premises.

Trade or Business.	North Kensington.	South Kensington.	Borough.

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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES, AND HOMEWORK. 1.—Inspection. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

Premises.	Number of
Premises.	Inspections.	Written Notices.	Prosecutions.

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2.—Defects Found.

Particulars.			Number of Defects.			Number of of Prosecutions
Particulars.			Found.	Remedied.	Referred to H.M. Inspector.	Number of of Prosecutions

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3.—Other Matters.

Class.				Number.

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HOME WORK.

OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107.										Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108.			Outwork in Infected Premises, Sections 109, 110.
NATURE OF WORK.	Lists received from Employers.				Numbers of Addresses of Outworkers received from other Councils.	Numbers of Addresss of Outworkers forwarded to other Councils.	Prosecutions.		Number of Inspections of Outworkers premises.	Instances.	Notices served.	Prosecutions.	Instances.	Orders made (S. 109).	Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110).
	Lists received from Employers.						Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists.	Failing to send lists.
	Twice in the year.		Once in the year.
	Lists.	Outworkers.	Lists.	Outworkers
	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.	8.	9.	10.	11	12.	13.	14	15

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PROCEEDINGS DURING 1906.

PREMISES.	NUMBER OF PLACES.				Number of inspections, 1906.	Number of notices, 1906.	Number of prosecutions. 1906.
PREMISES.	On register at end of 1905.	Added in 1906.	Removed in 1906.	On register at end of 1906.	Number of inspections, 1906.	Number of notices, 1906.	Number of prosecutions. 1906.

Page 97

Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year 1906. (See page 95.)

Sanitary Districts.	No. of Complaints made by Inhabitants, &c.	No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected.	No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c.	Results of Inspection.						House Drains.		Water Closets.			Dust Receptacles.		Water Supply.			Miscellaneous
Sanitary Districts.	No. of Complaints made by Inhabitants, &c.	No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected.	No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c.	Written Intimations of Nuisance served.*	Notices served by order of the Public # Health Committee.	Notices served under the Lodging-House By-laws	Final Notices (signed by Medical Officer) served.	Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c.	Houses disinfected after illness: Infectious disease.f	Reconstructed, Repaired, Cleansed, &c.	Ventilated, Trapped, &c.	Repaired.	Supplied with Water.	Soil-pipes ventilated.	New provided.	Repaired, Covered, &c.	Cisterns erected.	Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, &c.	Waste-pipes connected with Drains, &c., abolished.	No. of Lodging Houses newly Registered under 94th Section of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.‡	Yards and Areas paved and drained.	Animals removed, being improperly kept.	Bakehouses, No. of.	Bakehouses, No. of Inspections of.	Dairies, Milkshops, No. of.	Dairies, Milkshops, No. of Inspections of.	Mews, No. of Inspections of.	Legal proceedings, i.e., Summonses.

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The subjoined table shows the number of operations, etc., since that date until the end of the financial year 1906-7, a period of seven months.

1906-7.	Number of Disinfections after				Total No. of Disinfections.	Articles Disinfected					Including Disinfections of (or after).
	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria.	Enteric Fever.	Other.		No. of.	Weight of.
							tons	cwts.	qrs.	lbs.

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Annual Number of Bodies taken into the Mortuary, 1896—1906.

Year.	No. of bodies received at the Mortuary.	No. of bodies upon which Coroner's inquests were held.	No. of bodies upon which post mortem examinations were made.

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TABLE VI. (Table I. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births and Deaths in 1906, and in the preceding ten years; gross numbers.

The Year.	Estimated Population1	No. of Inhabited Houses.†	Marriages.	Registered Births.	Deaths.
The Year.	Estimated Population1	No. of Inhabited Houses.†	Marriages.	Registered Births.	Total, all Ages.‡	Under One Year.	Under Five Years	At Public Institutions.§

Page 125

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 1906, and the preceding ten 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.*

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TABLE IX. ( Table IV. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing the number of Deaths in the Borough at all ages, in 1906, 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 to 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.

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TABLE VIII. (Table III. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Deaths registered from all causes in the Year 1906. (Exclusive of the Deaths of Non-Parishioners at Public Institutions within the Borough, but inclusive of the Deaths of Parishioners at Public Institutions, &c., without the Borough). For a Summary of this Table see page 20.

CAUSES OF DEATH		AGES.												Total under Five Years of Age	Grand Total all Ages.	Sub-district.
CAUSES OF DEATH		0 to 1.	1 to 5.	5 to 10.	15 to 25.	25 to 35.	35 to 45.	45 to 55.	55 to 65.	65 to 75.		75 to 85.	85 and upwards.	Total under Five Years of Age	Grand Total all Ages.	Kensington Town.	Brompton

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TABLE VIII.—continued.

CAUSES OF DEATH.		AGES											Total under Five Years of Age.	Grand Total all Ages.	Sub-district.
CAUSES OF DEATH.		0 to 1.	1 to 5.	5 to 15.	15 to 25.	25 to 35.	35 to 45.	45 to 55.	55 to 65.	65 to 75.	75 to 85	85 and upwards.	Total under Five Years of Age.	Grand Total all Ages.	Kensington Town.	Brompton

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TABLE VIII.—continued.

CAUSES OF DEATH.	AGES.											Total under Five Years of Age.	Grand Total all Ages.	SOB-DISTRICT.
CAUSES OF DEATH.	0 to 1.	1 to 5.	5 to 15.	15 to 25.	25 to 35.	35 to 45.	45 to 55.	55 to 65.	65 to 75.	75 to 85.	85 and upwards.	Total under Five Years of Age.	Grand Total all Ages.	Kensington Town	Brompton.

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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, 1896.1905, and in the year 1906.

DISEASES.		1896.	1897.	1898.	1899.	1900.	1901.	1902.	1903.	1904.	1905.	Annual Average of ten years, 1896.1905.	Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from all causes in ten years, 1896.1905.	Deaths in 1906.	Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from all causes in 1906.

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TABLE XI. (Table IX. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Names of Streets, etc., in the Registration Sub.Districts, and in the Wards, in which occurred the 278 fatal cases of the Principal Zymotic Diseases during the year 1906. The Registration Sub.Districts are Kensington Town (= K T), and Brompton (= B). The Wards, with their abbreviations, are St. Charles (= St. C), Golborne (= G), Norland (= N), Pembridge(= P), Holland (= H), Earl's Court (= E C), Queen's Gate (= Q G), Redcliffe (= R), Brompton (= B).

Street or Place.	Registration Sub.District.	Ward.	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Whooping.cough.	Enteric Fever.	Diarrhoea.	Total.

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TABLE XI.—continued.

Street or Place.	Registration Sub.District.	Ward.	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Whooping.cough.	Enteric Fever.	Diarrhœa.	Total.

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TABLE XL.—continued.

Street or Place.	Registration Sub.District.	Ward.	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Whooping.cough.	Enteric Fever.	Diarrhœa.	Total.

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TABLE XII. (Table IXa. in Annual Reports, prior to 1900.) Names of Streets, etc., in the Registration Sub.Districts, and in the Wards, from which the 826 cases of Infectious Disease were notified, under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during the year 1906. The Registration Sub.Districts are Kensington Town (=KT), and Brompton (=B). The Wards, with their abbreviations, are St. Charles (=St. C), Golborne (=G), Norland (=N), Pembridge (=P), Holland (=H), Earl's Court (=E C), Queen's Gate (=Q G), Redcliffe (=R), Brompton (=B).

Street or Place.	Registration Sub.District.	Ward.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Enteric Fever.	Puerperal Fever.	Erysipelas.	Croup.	Total.

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TABLE XII.—continued.

Street of Place.	Registration Sub.District.	Ward.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Enteric Fever	Puerperal Fever.	Erysipelas.	Croup.	Total.

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TABLE XII.—continued.

Street or Place.	Registration Sub.District	Ward.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Enteric Fever.	Puerperal Fever.	Erysipelas.	Croup.	Total.

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TABLE XII. —continued

Street or Place.	Registration Sub.District.	Ward.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Enteric Fever.	Puerperal Fever.	Erysipelas.	Croup.	Total.

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TABLE XII.—continued.

Street or Place.	Registration Sub.District.	Ward.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Enteric Fever.	Puerperal Fever.	Erysipelas.	Croup.	Total.

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TABLE C. Births, and Birth-rate; Deaths, and Death-rate; Deaths from the Seven Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class; and Zymotic Death-rate, in Kensington, 1856-1905: Arranged in Quinquennial Periods.

Quinquennial Period.	Births.	Birthrate.	Deaths.	Death-rate.	Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.										Zymotic Death-rate, per 1,000 persons living.
Quinquennial Period.	Births.	Birthrate.	Deaths.	Death-rate.	Small-pox	Measles. __	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria	Whooping-Cough.	Typhus Fever.	Enteric Fever.	Pyrexia.	Diarrhoea.	Total.	Zymotic Death-rate, per 1,000 persons living.

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TABLE D. Death-rate in Kensington, per 1,000 persons living, from each of the Seven Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class; Arranged also, in two groups; viz. (1) The four notifiable infectious diseases—Smallpox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, and "Fever"; and (2) The three non-notifiable diseases—Measles, Whooping-Cough, and Diarrhoea.

Quinquennial Period.	l	2	3	4	5	6	7	Death-rate per 1,000 from—
Quinquennial Period.	Smallpox.	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Whooping Cough.	"Fever."	Diarrhœa.	The Seven Diseases.	The Four Notifiable Infectious Diseases. (Columns 1, 3, 4, and 6.)	The three Non-notifiable Infectious Diseases. (Columns 2, 5, and 7.)

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The estimate of population of the borough is based on the subjoined summary table which shows the Age and Sex Distribution of the people as ascertained at the census of 1901.

Number and Population of Tenements of Less than Five Rooms in 1901.

The subjoined statement exhibits the growth of population during the nineteenth century:—

The development of the Borough during the last 84 years is evidenced by the subjoined statement, showing the increase in rateable value. The present total is about one-sixteenth of that of the Administrative County of London.

The following table, brought up to date, exhibits the growth of the borough since the Metropolis Local Management Act came into operation in 1856:—

The increase in all respects within the last thirty-six years, 1871-1906, the period over which my official experience extends, has been very considerable, as the subjoined figures show:—

The marriages in the year were 1,690, compared with 1,623, 1,672 and 1,574, in the three preceding years respectively. Of these marriages there were celebrated—

The subjoined table shows the Marriage-Rate in Ten Years 1896-1905, and in 1906, in Kensington in London, and in England and Wales.

The birth-rate in the several wards—after distribution of the births at the borough infirmary, and at Queen Charlotte's Hospital—was as follows:—

The excess of births over deaths in the several wards was as follows:—

The subjoined table shows the quarterly number of births of males and females in the borough, including those in Queen Charlotte's Hospital, and in each of the sub-districts:—

The following table shows the population, the number of births, including those at Queen Charlotte's Hospital and the birth-rate for each of the ten years, 1896-1905:—

Birth-rate in the Metropolis, and in Kensington, and in certain Districts of the Borough, in each of the thirteen four-weekly periods ended December 29th, 1906, and in the Registration Year, 1906.

The ward-rate in 1906 (entire year) is set out below; the rate in each of the thirteen four-weekly periods in the table at page 16.

The True Death-rate of Kensington, 1906.

The subjoined table shows the quarterly number of deaths of males and females in the borough, and in each of the sub-districts:—

In the several wards the rate was as follows:—

Infantile Mortality Rate.

(NOTTING-DALE" SPECIAL AREA. VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS, 1906. (The Corresponding statistics for the preceding ten years are added fot comparison.)

Death-rate in the Metropolis, and in Kensington, and in Localized Districts of the Borough, in each of the thirteen four-weekly periods ended December 29th, 1906, and in the Registration Year, 1906.

Summary of Vital and Mortal Statistics of the Royal Borough of Kensington, 1906.

The subjoined table shows the annual death-rate per 1,000 persons living in each of the last eleven years, in Kensington, in London, and in England and Wales.

TABLE 1. For Whole District.

TABLE II.

TABLE IV.1 Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1906.

The subjoined table shows the number of deaths from the several diseases occurring in the sub-districts and at outlying public institutions, etc.

Distribution of the deaths from the Principal Zymotic Diseases:—

The following table shows the rate of mortality per 1,000 persons living from the principal zymotic diseases in Kensington and London, and in England and Wales:—

Scarlet Fever in 1906.

Scarlet Fever in 1905.

The following tables exhibit certain particulars of interest with respect to scarlet fever prevalence, &amp;c., during 1906, and in the preceding ten years.

Scarlet Fever Cases Recorded in Kensington in 1906, and in the Preceding Ten Years in Thirteen Four.Weekly Periods.

Statistics of Scarlet Fever in Kensington in 1906, and in the Preceding Ten Years.

The subjoined table, based on the thirteen four-weekly reports, set out certain particulars with regard to diphtheria, in Kensington, and in London as a whole: —

The following table gives particulars with respect to diphtheria in North and South Ken sington respectively.

Diphtheria in Kensington, 1896.1906.

Enteric Fever in Kensington, 1896.1906.

Deaths under One Year from Epidemic Diarrhcea during 12 weeks ending October 6th, 1906.

Sex, and Age at death, under one year.

Sex, and Age at death, between one and five.

Number of rooms occupied by family : deaths, under one year of age.

Deaths and Death Rate from Phthisis and other Tuberculous Diseases, in 1906.

Tuberculosis in Kensington, 1896.1906.

Kensington Deaths in Public Institutions,1896.1906.

SUMMARY OF CAUSES OF DEATH.

The notifications in London of each of the diseases during the seventeen years, 1890-1906, are set out in the subjoined table.

The Ages at notification of certain of the diseases, in 1906, were as follows :—

Cases of Infectious Disease notified in the several Metropolitan Boroughs in the Fifty-two Weeks ended Saturday, 29th December, 1906.

Table showing the number of Cases of Infectiou Arranged in s Disease Notified in Kensington, and in London, in 1906: four-weekly periods.

(Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year, 1906.

Table showing the Notifications, in 1906, in the Borough, the Sub-Districts, the Parliamentary Divisions, and the Wards.

Table showing Number of Notifications in Kensington—gross, and per 1,000 of the Population, in 1896.1906, and percentage of notified cases removed to Hospital.

TABLE VI. . Comparison of Prevalence of Sickness and Death from Infectious Diseases in 1906 and the Preceding Ten Years. A. (Rates calculated per 1,000 persons on the population estimated to the middle of each year.)

Home or other Accommodation of the Sick Person or Family.

Voluntary Notification of Consumption in Kensington in the five years, 1902-6.

Voluntary Notification of Consumption in Kensington in the five years, 1902-6.

Deaths after notification of Consumption, and otherwise, in the five years, 1902-6.

Age at Death from Consumption in the five years, 1902-6.

Disinfections after Consumption [carried out by the Council's officer.

Number of Rooms disinfected, and not disinfected; (total infected rooms 1,439).

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1906. Deaths from stated Causes, in Weeks and Months, under One Year of Age.

TABLE VA. INFANTILE MORTALITY. Causes of Death of Infants under one year of age, grouped in monthly periods, 1906.

OCCUPATIONS OF FATHERS OF 207 DECEASED LEGITIMATE CHILDREN.

The actual figures, showing loss, both for the Metropolis and the rest of England, during the twenty years 1884-1903, as set out in the report of the Local Government Board for 1903-4, are as follows:—

Vaccination Officer's Return respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were Registered in 1905.1(Videpage 68.)

COMMON LODGING-HOUSES.

"The subjoined table summarises particulars of the workshops on the Register at the end of the year, in North Kensington and South Kensington respectively—Holland Park Avenue and High Street, Notting Hill, constituting the dividing line.

The businesses carried on at the registered premises are set out in the subjoined list:—

The appended table summarises the work of the Inspectors, under the Act, so far as it is capable of being expressed in this form.

FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES, AND HOMEWORK. 1.—Inspection. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

2.—Defects Found.

3.—Other Matters.

The following tables exhibit certain particulars of interest with respect to scarlet fever prevalence, &c., during 1906, and in the preceding ten years.