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Kensington 1869

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF
HEALTH.
Vestry Hall, Kensington,
Sanitary Department, 1870.
Gentlemen,
In pursuance of the section of the Metropolis Local Management
Act, I have the honour of presenting my Annual Report of the mortality
of your Parish during the past year, of the general statistics of disease, and
mortality, and also of the number of nuisances removed or abated during
that period; in fact of the amount of sanitary work performed in the
twelve months ending March 1870.
The records of births and deaths aro however compiled from January
to December. The total number of births has been 3,625, divided as
follows:—
Brompton. Kensington.
First Quarter 195 784
2nd Quarter 165 709
3rd Quarter 167 742
4th Quarter 150 713
677 2,948
Giving a total number of births of 3,625, or 103 in excess of the previous
year.

Table: The mortality during the same time has been 2,249, viz.:—

The mortality during the same time has been 2,249, viz.:—

Id Brompton.In Kensington.
1st Quarter171458
2nd Quarter125394
3rd Quarter115417
4th Quarter139430
5501,699

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Shewing an excess of only 17 over the past twelvo months. The number
of births was therefore greater by 1,376, than the number of deaths.
It is very difficult to estimate our population at the present time,
but I believe we may safely say our mortality was about 19 per 1,000 per
annum, without deducting any of the deaths in the Hospital for Consumption,
in which institution 142 died, nearly all non-parishioners.
171 persons also died in your workhouse.