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Kensington 1906
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1906
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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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | 94 | 0.55 | 15 | 0.08 | 16.0 |
| 1897 | 117 | 0.69 | 21 | 0.12 | 18.0 |
| 1898 | 104 | 0.60 | 12 | 0.07 | 11.5 |
| 1899 | 107 | 0.62 | 23 | 0.13 | 21.5 |
| 1900 | 104 | 0.60 | 16 | 0.09 | 15.4 |
| 1901 | 97 | 0.55 | 11 | 0.06 | 11.8 |
| 1902 | 80 | 0.45 | 19 | 0.11 | 23.7 |
| 1903 | 61 | 0.34 | 9 | 0.05 | 14 8 |
| 1904 | 46 | 0.26 | 6 | 0.03 | 13.0 |
| 1905 | 49 | 0.27 | 13 | 0.07 | 26.5 |
The deaths in London, as a whole, were 260, and 297 below the corrected decennial average
(557). The notifications were 1,606 (1,549 in 1905): the admissions to hospitals 700 (compared
with 967, 750, and 587, in the preceding three years), and the deaths therein 108. At the close of
the year there remained under treatment 135 cases, against 246, 159, and 78, at the corresponding
period of the preceding three years. The mortality rate was 0 06 per 1,000 of the population.
No case of Typhus Fever was notified in the Borough; and 7 cases only in London, as a
whole: there was no death from this cause.
No death occurred in the Borough from simple continued fever (Pyrexia); and no cases were
notified. The deaths and notifications in London, as a whole from this cause, were 4 and 9
respectively.
diarrhœa.
Diarrhœa was the cause of 142 deaths, compared with 97, 128, and 90, in the preceding
three years; 132 in the Town sub.district and 10 in Brompton; the corrected decennial average
being 104. The deaths under one year, 92, were in the proportion of 26.8 per 1,000 births. The
mortality rate (all ages) was 0.79 per 1,000 of the population.
The deaths in London, as a whole, were 4,507, and 561 above the corrected decennial
average (3,946): 4,183 of the deaths were of children under five years of age, including 3,442 of
infants under one year. The mortality rate was 0.94 per 1,000 of the population. Of the 4,507
deaths 2,872 were certified Epidemic Diarrhœa, or Infective Enteritis, and 1,635 Diarrhœa,
Dysentery.
In London generally, as the Registrar.General states in his Annual Summary,
"owing to exceptional climatic conditions, deaths from diarrhœal disease, including enteritis and
gastro.enteritis, were very much in excess of the quinquennial average in the summer quarter."
Nevertheless," in spite of these adverse climatic conditions, the rate in year in the City of London,
and in no fewer than 23 of the (29) Metropolitan Boroughs,was below the quinquennial average"
—to the extent of 91 per cent, in Kensington.