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Kensington 1906
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1906
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deaths; diseases of the respiratory system, 27 deaths ; diseases of the circulatory system, 13 deaths;
other visceral diseases, 15 deaths; tubercular diseases, 28 deaths, including 20 from consumption
(= 5.0 per 1,000 persons living); wasting diseases of infants, 4 deaths ; cancer, 2 deaths, and violence,
2 deaths. Two deaths of infants prematurely born were registered. Inquests were held in 6
cases.
The annual Death-rate per 1,000 persons living, in the thirteen successive four-weekly periods,
was :—
(1) 39.0 (2) 9.7 (3) 19.5 (4) 13.0 (5) 39.0 (6) 19.5 (7) 85.7
(8) 48.7 (9) 45.5 (10) 42.2 (11) 26.0 (12) 26.0 (18) 29.2
Forty-seven of the deaths occurred at the homes of the deceased persons, 67 at the Borough
Infirmary (an eighth of the total deaths at this Institution—539) and 9 at other Public Institutions;
23 of the deaths were of persons who had previously resided at common lodging-houses in the
Area.
The deaths comprised 56 of males and 65 of females.
The ages at death were—under five years of age, 50 (including 32 under one year); between
5 and 20 years, 4 deaths; between 20 and 60 years, 41 deaths; at 60 years and upwards, 26 deaths.
The deaths were connected with streets as follows : Bangor Street, 22 deaths; Crescent
Street, 30 deaths; St. Katharine's Road, 38 deaths; Kenley Street, 10 deaths; Sirdar Koad,
21 deaths.
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. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington Town. | Brompton. | North. | South. | St. Charles. | Golborne. | Norland. | Pembridge. | Holland. | Earl's Court. | Queen's Gate. | Redcliffe. | Bromp ton. | |||
| January 27 | 16.9 | 13.8 | 14.9 | 10.8 | 16.8 | 10.5 | 18-1 | 20.4 | 17.4 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 14.9 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 11.8 |
| February 24 | 16.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 7.6 | 16.8 | 8.8 | 20.4 | 14.1 | 19.1 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 9.0 |
| March 24 | 16.3 | 13.5 | 14.6 | 10.8 | 15.5 | 11.5 | 16.9 | 17.5 | 15.8 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 12.8 | 16.1 | 10.3 | 7.2 |
| April 21 | 18.0 | 15.8 | 16.6 | 13.7 | 17.7 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 17.5 | 19.1 | 18.5 | 15.0 | 18.4 | 8.1 | 11.6 | 14.5 |
| May 19 | 15.7 | 16.3 | 17.3 | 13.7 | 19.5 | 12.9 | 22.2 | 15.5 | 20.2 | 21.2 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 9.9 | 15.1 | 15.4 |
| June 16 | 12.9 | 10.9 | 12.5 | 6.8 | 13.1 | 8.7 | 11.1 | 12.1 | 19.1 | 9.3 | 13.2 | 12.0 | 2.7 | 9.6 | 2.7 |
| July 14 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 13.6 | 8.7 | 15.6 | 8.7 | 12.8 | 17.0 | 17.4 | 14.6 | 9.4 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 11.6 | 6.3 |
| August 11 | 13.1 | 14.6 | 15.6 | 12.1 | 17.1 | 11.9 | 18.1 | 15.1 | 22.3 | 12.6 | 14.4 | 11.3 | 8.1 | 11.6 | 13.6 |
| September 8 | 18.5 | 14.6 | 17.8 | 6.3 | 20.6 | 8.2 | 21.0 | 19.4 | 26.7 | 14.6 | 8.1 | 12.1 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 6.3 |
| October 6 | 16.5 | 14.3 | 16.2 | 9.2 | 19.2 | 9.0 | 21.6 | 19.4 | 20.7 | 14.6 | 8.1 | 13.5 | 2.7 | 11.6 | 7.2 |
| November 8 | 13.8 | 11.9 | 12.7 | 10.0 | 13.8 | 10.0 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 12.6 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 6.3 | 10.3 | 3.6 |
| December 1 | 15.4 | 13.0 | 14.6 | 8.7 | 16.2 | 9.6 | 15.7 | 12.1 | 21.8 | 15.2 | 9.4 | 13.5 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 13.6 |
| December 29 | 18.9 | 16.9 | 17.0 | 16.6 | 17.7 | 16.0 | 18.1 | 18.0 | 16.9 | 17.9 | 20.7 | 16.3 | 7.2 | 17.8 | 15.4 |
* The adjusted rate for the whole year was 15.1 per 1,000.