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Kensington 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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Table: Statistics of Scarlet Fever in Kensington in 1908, and in the Preceding Ten Years.

Statistics of Scarlet Fever in Kensington in 1908, and in the Preceding Ten Years.

The Year.No. of Recorded Cases.Total Number of Recorded CasesPercentage of Removals to total Recorded Cases.Deaths.Total Deaths.Percentage of Deaths.Percentage of Deaths to Recorded Cases.Deaths in London from Scarlet Fever.
Treated at Home.Removed to Hospital.At Home.In Hospitals.At Home.In Hospitals
19084139843991—99—1002.1548
19073748552293—99—1001.7644
19064641746390l10119912.4533
19053130133291—2121—1006.3549
19043722526286—55—1001.9365
190353277330842121414864.2362
190261311372842192110905.6563
190192383475814111527733.2584
19007429036479—44—1001.4361
189910134444577281020802.2398
189811736147876122234964.8583

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The information as to scarlet-fever mortality in the Borough in the fifty-three years 1856-1908
set out in Appendix II. (Tables B, C, D, pages 61 and 62, shows the great reduction in the
fatality of this disease in recent years.
DIPHTHERIA.
The cases notified as diphtheria (including membranous croup, classified by the RegistrarGeneral
with diphtheria) were 230, compared with 125, 164, and 234 in the preceding three years;
128 in North Kensington and 102 in South Kensington. The deaths were 26 (a case-mortality of
11.3 per cent.) and one above the corrected decennial average (25); 22 in the Town sub-district,
and 4 in Brompton. Twenty-four of the deaths took place in hospitals, to which 204 cases were
removed—a case-mortality of 11.8 per cent. Seventeen of the deaths were of children under five
years of age.

Table: The following table gives particulars with respect to diphtheria in North and South Kensington respectively.

The following table gives particulars with respect to diphtheria in North and South Kensington respectively.

Set out in Report for Four weeks ended.Total Cases Recorded.Cases Recorded in North Kensington.*Cases Recorded in South Kensington.*Cases removed to Hospital from—Deaths (24 in Hospital).
North Kensington.South Kensington.North Kensington.South Kensington.
January 25821616141023
February 22262062052...
March 21169795......
April 181293922...
May 1617125128...1
June 1815787721
July 111751241011
August 8102826......
September 5129393...
October 8161158521
October 81119292...
November 282191281121
January 2, 1909 (5 weeks)251015101432
230128102121831610

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•North Kensington and South Kensington are the districts to the north and the south of the centre of Notting-hill
High-street, and Holland-park-avenue, respectively.