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Kensington 1906

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1906

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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 1906, and the preceding ten 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 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.*
190619.113.9132181278358
190520.014.01391993024 344
190420.014.2141198298309
190320.713.8139208313314
190220.315.2143187293303
190120.915.0157219331302
190021.315.6174238325283
189921.417.5174213309311
189821.616.3176234371279
189722.115.6161229342315
189622.516.7172227384283
Average of 10 years. 1896-1905.21.115.4158215327304
* Includes Deaths of Parishioners at outlying Public Institutions, but excludes Deaths of Non-Parishioners at Brompton Consumption Hospital, St. Marylebone Infirmary, Notting-hill, &c

Table: 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.

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.
1. Principal Zymotic Diseases2781.5111
2. Pulmonary Diseases4582.6183
3. Principal Tubercular Diseases2711.5109
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 Diseases10731.2237
5. Convulsive Diseases288.262

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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 Diarrhœa. Thirty-three 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.