Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1909
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Population (Estimated) | 181,500. |
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Total Births. | Birth-rate per 1,000 of the Population. |
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Period | Birth-rate per 1,000 living. | Legitimate Births per 100 Married Women aged 15—45 years. | ||
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London. | Kensington. | London. | Kensington. |
Period | Illegitimate Birth-rate. | |||||
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Per 10,000 living. | Per 1,000 Unmarried and Widowed Females aged 15—45 years. | |||||
London. | Kensington. | London. | Kensington. |
Age-Period. | Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate. | ||||||
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Both Sexes. | Males. | Females | Both Sexes. | Males. | Females. | Both Sexes. | Males. | Females. |
Districts. | Number of Deaths. | Crude Death-rate per 1,000 inhabitants. |
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Period. | Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases per 1,000 persons living. | |
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Kensington. | London. |
District. | Deaths under one year. | Deaths under one year per 1,000 Births. |
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Method of Feeding, | Infants visited at Age 3 to 4 months. | Infants who died before the age of 6 months. |
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Number of Rooms in Tenement, | l | 2 | 3 | 4 or more. |
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Disease. | Number of deaths. |
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Occupation. | Number of Mothers. |
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CASE NUMBER. | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI |
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Method of Feeding. | Number of Infants. | Percentage. |
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Report for four weeks ended | No. of Notifications. | |
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Kensington. | London. | |
Year. | Cases Notified. | Case rate per 1,000 of population. | Deaths. | Death rate per 1,000 of population. | Case Mortalityper cent. |
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Report for four weeks ended | No. of Notifications. | |
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Kensington. | London. |
The Year. | Cases notified. | Case rate per 1,000 of population. | Deaths. | Death rate per 1,000 of population. | Case mortality per cent. |
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Year | Cases Notified. | Case-rate per 1,000 of population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000 of population. | Case-mortality per cent. |
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Year. | Deaths from Diarrhœa. |
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Age | Number attacked. |
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House No. | Family surname. | Sex. | Age (years). | Date of onset. | Date of death or recovery. |
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The Year. | Deaths from Phthisis per 100,000 persons living. | Deaths from other Tuberculous Diseases per 100,000 persons. | Total deaths from Tuberculosis per 100,000 persons living. |
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District. | No. of Deaths. | Death Rate. |
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Year. | Number of Notification. |
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Date of previous notification. | Number of Deaths in 1909. |
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Number of Rooms Occupied. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4or more. | Homeless Persons in the Infirmary. | Common Lodginghouse Cases. | NoInformation obtainable. | Total Cases investigated. |
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Males— | No. of Deaths. |
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Parts Affcted. | Sex. | Total. | |
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Male. | Female. | ||
Deaths from | All Causes | Cancer. |
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Name of Sample. | Number Taken. | Number Adulterated. |
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Source of Water. | Number of Microbes. | ||
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Average. | Highest. | Lowest. |
Source of Water. | Microbes per c.c. |
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Source of Water. | Number of Samples. | Per cent. First Class. |
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Source of Water. | Albumenoid Nitrogen. Parts per 100,000 |
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Rooms in Tenement. | Number of Tenements. | Number of Persons. |
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Rooms in a Tenement. | Number of Tenements. | Rent per Week | Tenements Let. | Tenements Empty. |
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Ward. | Name of Keeper. | Address of Common Lodging-House. | No. of Lodgers, for which licensed, in 1909. | ||
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Male. | Female. | Total. |
Workshops, etc. | North Kensington. | South Kensington. | Totalfor Whole Borough | ||||||
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Dress-makers. | Laun-dries. | Miscel-laneous. | Total. | Dress-makers. | Laun-dries. | Miscel-laneous. | Total. |
Trade or Business. | North Kensington. | South Kensington. | Total in the Borough. |
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Nature of Work. | No. of Premises. |
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Nature of Room used for Work. | Condition of Rooms. | Total Number of Rooms. | ||
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Clean. | Fairly Clean. | Dirty. |
1909 | North Kensington. | South Kensington. | Total for Borough. | ||||||
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Dress-makers. | Laun-dries. | Miscel-laneous | Total. | Dress-makers | Laun-dries | Miscel-laneous | Total. |
Premises. | Number of | ||
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Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. |
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
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Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. |
OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107. | Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108. | Outwork in Infected Premises, Sections 109, 110. | ||||||||||||||||
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NATURE OF WORK.1 | Lists received from Employers. | Addresses of Outworkers.§ | Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists. | Prosecutions. | Inspections of Outworkers premises. | Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders made (S. 110). | Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110) | |||||||
Twice in the year. | Once in the year. | Received from other Councils. | Forwardedto other Councils. | Falling to keepor permitinspection of lists. | Failing to send lists. | |||||||||||||
Outworkers.† | Outworkers.* | |||||||||||||||||
Lists, † | Contractors | Workmen. | Lists. | Contractors. | Workmen. | |||||||||||||
1. | 2 | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. | 13. | 14. | 15. | 16. | 17. | 18. | 19. |
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the Year. | Number. |
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Class. | Number |
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Disease. | Number of Disinfe:tions. |
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Year. | Washers. | Bathers. |
Year. | No. of bodies received at the Mortuary. | No. of bodies upon which Coroner's inquests were held. | No. of bodies upon which post mortem examinations were made. |
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Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Deaths under One Year of Age. Nett. | Deaths at all Ages. Total. | Deathsin Public Institutions. | Deaths ofNonresidents registered inDistrict. | Deaths of Residents registered beyond District. | Deaths at all Ages. Nett. | ||||
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Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Names of Localities. | Borough of Kensington. | North Kensington. | South Kensington. | |||||||||
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Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year. |
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Kensington. | Total Cases Notified in each District. | Number of Casesremoved to Hospital from each District. | ||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | North Kensington, | South Kensington. | North Kensington. | South Kensington. | ||||||
Under 1 | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards |
Causes of Death. | Deaths in whole District at subjoined ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all ages). | Total Deaths whether of Residents or non "Residents" in Public Institutions in the District. | |||||||||
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All Ages. | Under 1 | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | North Kensington. | South Kensington. |
Cause of Death. | 1 Under 1 week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-2 Months. | 2-3 Months. | 3-4 Months. | 4-5 Months. | 5-6 Months. | 6-7 Months. | 7-8 Months. | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | otal Deathsonder One Year. |
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Sanitary Districts. | No. of Complaints made by Inhabitants, &c. | No. of Inspections of Houses, Premises, &c. | No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c. | Results of Inspection. | House Drains. | Water Closets | Dust Receptacles. | Water Supply. | Miscellaneous | |||||||||||||||||||
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Written Intimations of Nuisance served.* | Notices served by order of the Public Health Committee. | Notices served under the Lodging-House By-laws | Final Notices (signed by Medical Officer) served. | Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c. | Houses disinfected after infectious disease. | Reconstructed, Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | Ventilated, Trapped, &c. | Repaired. | Supplied with Water. | Soil-pipes ventilated. | New provided. | Repaired, Covered, &c. | Cisterns erected. | Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, &c. | Waste-pipes connected with Drains, &c., abolished. | No. of Lodging Houses newly Registered under 94th Section of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.† | Yards and Areas paved and drained. | Animals removed, being improperly kept. | Bakehouses, No. of. | Bakehouses, No. of Inspections of. | Dairies, Milkshops, No of. | Dairies, Milkshops, No. of Inspections of. | Mews, No. of Inspections of. | Legal proceedings, i.e., Summonses. |
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Totals— All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5 years. | Totals— Under Five Years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 55 years. | 55 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. | 75 and under 85 years. | 85 yearsand upwards. | Totals— Above Five Years. | |||||||||||||||||
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Total | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Total | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Total |
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Totals— All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 andunder 5 years. | Totals— Under Five Years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 55 years. | 55 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. | 75 and under 85 years. | 85 yearsand upwards. | Totals— Above Five Years. | |||||||||||||||||
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Total | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Total | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Total |
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Totals— All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5 years. | Totals— Under Five Years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 55 years. | 55 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. | 75 and under85 years. | 85 yearsand upwards. | Totals— Above Five Years. | |||||||||||||||||
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Total | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Total | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Total |
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Totals— All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5 years. | Totals— Under Five Years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 55 years. | 55 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. | 75 and under 85 years. | 85 yearsand upwards. | Totals— Above Five Years | |||||||||||||||||
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Total | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Total | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Total |
CAUSES OF DEATH | Totals-All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5 years. | Totals— Under Five Years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under25 years. | 25 and under 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 55 years. | 55 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. | 75 and under 85 years. | 85 yearsand upwards. | Totals— Above Five Years. | |||||||||||||||||
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Total | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Total | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Total |
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Totals-All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5 years. | Totals— Under Five Years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 55 years. | 55 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. | 75 and under 85 years. | 85 yearsand upwards. | Totals— Above Five Years. | |||||||||||||||||
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Total | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Total | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Total |
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Totals— All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 andunder 5 years. | Totals— Under Five Years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 55 years. | 55 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. | 75 and under 85 years. | 85 yearsand upwards. | Totals— Above Five Years. | |||||||||||||||||
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Total | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Total | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Total |
Period. | Numberof Births. | Birth Rate per 1,000 living. | Numberof Deaths. | Death Rate per 1,000 living. | Deaths under One Year. | Deaths under One Year per 1,000 Births. | |||
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Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. |
Quinquennial Period. | Deaths from the Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Zymotic Death-rate, per 1,000 persons living. | ||||||||||
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Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Whooping-Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Pyrexia. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | Kensington. | London. |
Quinquennial Period. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Death-rate per 1,000 from— | ||
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Small-pox. | 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). |
DATE | Registration Sub-Districtscomprised inVaccination Officer's District | Number ofBirthsreturned inBirth ListSheets. | Number of these Births duly entered in Columns 1, 2, 4, and 5 of the Vaccination Register (Birth List Sheets), viz. : | Number of these Births which are not entered in the Vaccination Register, on account,(as shown by Report Book) of | |||||||
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Column II. | Removed to other Districts, and notified to Vaccination Officers of the Districts. | Removal to places unknown, or which cannot be reached, and cases not having been found. | Total Number of Certificates of Successful Vaccinations received during each of the Calendar Years. | ||||||||
Column I. Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Certificate ofConscientious Objection. | Column V. Dead, Unvaccinated. | Postponement by Medical Certificate. | |||||||
1908. | 1909. | ||||||||||
1908. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 |