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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 1906
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1906
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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. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Kensington. | London. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| January 27 | 299 | 190 | 13.8 | 17.9 | 16.9 | 18.5 | 35 | 11 | 82 | 9 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 42 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 41.7° |
| February 24 | 250 | 179 | 13.0 | 17.2 | 16.0 | 17.6 | 28 | 19 | 73 | 12 | ... | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 39 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 38.°9 |
| March 24 | 251 | 187 | 13.5 | 17.9 | 16.3 | 18.8 | 26 | 17 | 69 | 16 | ... | 9 | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 37 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 42.5° |
| April 21 | *309 | 218 | 15.8 | 16.3 | 18.0 | 16.7 | 27 | 26 | 88 | 17 | ... | 13 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 54 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 45.3° |
| May 19 | 260 | 225 | 16.3 | 14.4 | 15.7 | 15.6 | 31 | 16 | 87 | 15 | ... | 9 | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 54 | 27 | 26 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 50.9° |
| June 16 | 222 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 14.1 | 63 | 8 | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 54.6° | |||||
| July 14 | 261 | 169 | 12.2 | 30 | 21 | 60 | 19 | ... | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 27 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 61.9° | |||
| August 11 | 261 | 202 | 14.6 | 15.6 | 13.1 | 15.1 | 45 | 25 | 65 | 43 | ... | 15 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 25 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 65.6° |
| September 8 | 255 | 202 | 14.6 | 14.2 | 18.5 | 16.2 | 70 | 28 | 65 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 58 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 65.2° | ||||
| October 6 | 234 | 197 | 14.3 | 12.7 | 16.5 | 14.9 | 53 | 66 | 47 | ... | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 38 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 56.0° | |
| November 8 | 253 | 165 | 11.9 | 14.4 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 24 | 16 | 71 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 33 | 12 | 15 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 49.7° | |
| December 1 | 248 | 179 | 13.0 | 16.0 | 15.4 | 17.7 | 28 | 14 | 72 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 39 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 45.9° | |
| " 29 | †218 | 233 | 16.9 | 17.3 | 18.9 | 18.2 | 33 | 15 | 94 | 13 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 55 | 26 | 24 | 15 | 25 | 2 | 37.7° |
| Totals | 3,321 | 2,497 | 13.9 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 16.3 | 452 | 241 | 934 | 278 | ... | 81 | 11 | 19 | 20 | 5 | ... | ... | 142 | 458 | 190 | 210 | 214 | 220 | 50 | 50.7° |
* Maximum number during the year, and so throughout the table.
║ Irrespective of 107 at Queen Charlotte's Hospital.
† Minimum number during the year, and so throughout the table.