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Kensington 1909

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1909

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TABLE X. Deaths from the Seven Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class; and Zymotic Death-rate, in Kensington and London, 1871-1909: Arranged in Quinquennial Periods.

Quinquennial Period.Deaths from the Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases.Zymotic Death-rate, per 1,000 persons living.
Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaWhooping-Cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Pyrexia.Diarrhoea.Total.Kensington.London.
1871-18751892892498534527130556031,9722.974.06
1876-18801513703239553113105286052,2212.873.64
1881-1885107326153964275115184381,6852.053.26
1886-18901442135305387...7744211,7722.142.74
1891-18959297152306312...9274401,6151.922.70
1896-1900...44810524926228725041,6591.932 .64
1901-1905133257610825215815081,8421.512 .04
1906...81111920...5...1422781.551..90
1907...3192481...5...301801001..40
1908...3292675...881670.921.40
1909...5891940...8...501841.011..31

TABLE XI. 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—Small. pox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, and "Fever"; and (2) The three non-notifiable diseases—Measles, Whooping-Cough, and Diarrhœa.

Quinquennial Period.1234567Death-rate per 1,000 from—
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).
1856-18600.140.490.89-0.660.460.893.531.482.05
1861-18650.190.800.910.240.510.680.764.092.022.07
1866-18700.100.490.970.150.570.421.083.781.652.13
1871-18750.280.440.370.130.520.320.912.971.111.86
1876-18800.190.480.420.120.690.190.782.870.921.95
1881-18850.130.390.190.120.520.170.532.050.601.45
1886-18900.000.530.160.370.470.100.512.140.631.51
1891-18950.020.350.180.360.370.120.521.920.671.25
1896-19000.000.520.120.290.310.110.591.930.521.41
1901-19050.010.370.090.120.280.070.571.510.291.22