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Kensington 1906

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1906

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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.
Small-poxMeasles. __Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaWhooping-Cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Pyrexia.Diarrhoea.Total.
1856-18609,55730.76,54021.044153276206Not separately classified.142Not separately classified.2781,0993.58
1861-186511,56228.58,26120.476325371982062753091,6604.09
1866-187017,09032.110,85320.455258518803022245742,0118.78
1871-187520,86131.412,59518.91892892498534527130556031,9722.97
1876-188023,14929.914 51718.81513703239553113105286052,2212.87
1881-188521,38326.113,43816.4107326153964275115184381,6852.05
1886-189019,42823.513,81616.71442185305387...7744211,7722.14
1891-189518,51222.114.23516.99*297152306312...9274401,6151.92
1896-190018,66521.814,07516.4...44810524926228725041,6591.98
1901-190518,13120.412,89814.4133257610825215815081,8421.51

Note.—The Medical Officer of Health is not responsible for the accuracy of the figures above the horizontal line between
1866-1870 and 1871-1875, excepting as to the calculation of rates.
*All in 1893.

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.l234567Death-rate per 1,000 from—
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.)
1856-18600.140.490.890.660.460.898.581.482.05
1861-18650.190.800.910.240.510.680.764.092.022.07
1866-18700.100.490.970.150.570.421.088.781.652.18
1871-18750.280.440.870.180.520.820.912.971.111.86
1876-18800.190.480.420.120.690.190.782.870.921.95
1881-18850.130.390.190.120.520.170.582.050.601.45
1886-18900.000.580.160.370.470.100.512.140.631.51
1891-18950.020.350.180.360.370.120.521.920.671.25
1896-19000.000.520.120.290.310.110.591.980.521.41
1901-19050.010.870.090.120.280.070.571.510.291.22