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Kensington 1906

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1906

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Table: TABLE VI. . Comparison of Prevalence of Sickness and Death from Infectious Diseases in 1906 and the Preceding Ten Years. A. (Rates calculated per 1,000 persons on the population estimated to the middle of each year.)

TABLE VI. . Comparison of Prevalence of Sickness and Death from Infectious Diseases in 1906 and the Preceding Ten Years. A. (Rates calculated per 1,000 persons on the population estimated to the middle of each year.)

Year.Small.pox.Erysipelas.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Scarlet Fever.Typhus Fever.Enteric and Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.
Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.
18960.07o.oo1.630.022.180.425.950.23o.ooo.oo0.590.090.050.04
1897o.ooo.oo1.390.051.940.484.330.17o.ooo.oo0.740.130.090.03
1898o.oo0.001.050.041.290.152.750.130.05o.oi0.630.070.060.03
1899o.ooo.oo1.220.051.490.242.570.06o.ooo.oo0.720.130060.03
19000.030.000.920.051.920.162120.02o.ooo.oo0660.090.050.03
19010.08o.oo0.950.031.410.212.680.08o.oio.oo0.590.060.05o.o1
19020.530.061060.031.040.112.090.12o.ooo.oo0.470.110.080.03
19030.03o.oo0.990.030.900.131.850.08o.ooo.oo0.350.05002o.o1
1904o.o1o.oo0.780.021.040.091.470 03o.ooo.oo0.27o.o10.060.03
1905o.ooo.oo0.880.040.700.051.850.12o.ooo.oo0.280.070.020.02
19060.000.000.830.030.910.112.580.060.000.000.210.030.070.04

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•This Table is recommended for use by the Society of Medical Officers of Health, as a record of " the frequency and mortality of infectious diseases in the whole district for a series of years."