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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1866
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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The number of births has again exceeded that of the mortality by
the large amount of 1114, the total number being
In Brompton 680
Kensington 2500
Total 3080
From diseases of a Zymotic or Infectious character there died—
| In Brompton, 1866. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Fever. | Cholera. | T6tal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 6 |
| 2nd Quarter | ... | ... | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | ... | 17 |
| 3rd Quarter | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 8 | ... | 2 | 14 |
| 4th Quarter | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 4 |
| Total | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 46 |
| In Kensington | ||||||||
| 1st Quarter | 2 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 13 | ... | 41 |
| 2nd Quarter | 3 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 36 |
| 3rd Quarter | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 74 | 9 | 3 | 103 |
| 4th Quarter | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 38 |
| Total | 9 | 34 | 23 | 17 | 98 | 31 | 6 | 218 |
| Grand Total for the whole Parish. | 10 | 40 | 28 | 28 | 112 | 33 | 8 | 259 |
| Total for year, 1865. | 18 | 52 | 31 | 37 | 104 | 77 | ... | 319 |
This return must most assuredly point out the Value of increased Sanitary
precautions, for although with Cholera and Diarrhoea amongst us, the
mortality from all Zymotic diseases is absolutely less by 60 than in the
preceding 12 months, without taking at all into account the increase of
population.