Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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1841. | 1851. | 1861. | 1871. |
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1841-51. | 1851-61. | 1861-71. |
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Town District, 3094. | Brompton, 710. | Total. | |||
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Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Both Districts. |
Name of Street. | No. of Houses. | Population, April, 1871. | Total Deaths. | Death rate per 1000 living. | Registered causes of Death. | |||
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From the principal Zymotic Diseases | From Scrofulous and Wasting Diseases | From Chest Diseases | From all other causes |
Town District, 1,845. | Brompton District, 425. | |||
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Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. |
Total Deaths from Chest Complaints. | Average Temperature. | Deaths under five. | Deaths ovcrsixty | Deaths atinter-veningages. |
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1st quarter. | 2nd quarter. | 3rd quarter. | 4th quarter. |
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5 to 20 yrs. | 20 to 40 yrs. | 10 to 60 yrs. |
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MONTHLY RETURNS. | Cases recorded in the North Sanitary District. | Cases recorded in the South Sanitary District. | Number of Cases sent to Hospital. | Number of Cases not sent to Hospital. | Total. | Deaths in the Parish. | Deaths in the Hospitals, | Total Deaths. |
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Total No. of Cases. | No. of Streets in which disease appeared. | No. of Houses in which disease appeared. | No. of Houses having one ill. | Do. 2 ill. | Do. 3 ill. | Do. 4 ill. | Do. 5 ill. | Do. 7 ill. |
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Ages of persons attacked. | |||
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North District. | South District |
M. | F. | Total | Under 1. | Un. 5. | Un. 20. | Un. 40. | Un. 60. | 60 up |
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Kensington Town Sub-District. | Brompton Sub-District. | |||
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Births Registered. | Successful "Vaccinations. | Birth Registered. | Successful Vaccinations, |
Name of Public Vaccinator. | Lady-Day Quarter. | Midsummer Quarter. | Michaelmas Quarter. | Christmas Quarter. | Total for Year 1871. | |||||
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Primary Vaccination. | Re- vaccination. | Primary Vaccination. | Re- ' vaccination. | Primary Vaccination. | Re-vaccination. | Primary Vaccination. | Re- vaccination. | Primary Vaccination. | Re-vaccination. |
Maximum, | Minimum, | Average. |
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Name of Company. | Number of occasions when clear & transparent. | Number of occasions whensliglit ly turbid. | Ditto Turbid. | Do very Turbid. |
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Month. | Sperm Candles, Average. |
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The Year. | Estimated Population at the middle of the year. | Births. | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1000 living. | Deaths from Zymotic, diseases Kensington. | Per centage of Deaths from Zymotic diseases to Total Deaths. | The Year. | |||
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Kensington. | London. |
Separate Families | Inhabitd Houses. | Empty Houses. | Houses Building | Males. | Females. | Total. |
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Llocality. | Annual Death Rate per 1000 from all causes. | Annual Death Rate per 1000, from 7 principal Zymotic Diseases. | Per centage of Deaths under 1 year to Births Registered | Per centage of Deaths to Total Deaths. | |||||
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Under 1 year of age. | At 60 years of age and upwards. | From 7 Zymotic Diseases. | From Violence. | Registered upon information of the Coroner (In-qnests). | Registered in large Public Institutions. |
Town. | Brompton. | Total |
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DISEASE. | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | Total in 11 years. | Annual Average. | DISEASE. |
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DISTRICT. | Inspections. | Drains. | Privies and w.c's. | Dust Bin? | Cess pools | Water Supply. | Miscellaneous. | Magisterial Proceedings. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Number of Houses inspected. | Ditto Specially Visited, (Infectious Diseases). | Ditto Re-inspected, (Calls, &c.) | Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises. | Rooms, Passages, &c. &c., Cleansed, White-washed, &c | Constructed (feet). | Cleaned, Improved or Repaired. | Trapped. | Connected with Sewer. | New-provided. | Pan, Trap and Water supplied. | Improved or Repaired, | Supplied with "Water. | Constructed. | Repaired, Covered, &c. | Emptied. | Abolished. | New Receptacles provided. | Receptacles Cleansed, Covered and Repaired. | Houses provided with. | Ventilation of Houses improved. | Yards. &c., Paved and Repaired. | Stables and Out-houses Cleansed and Whitewashed. | Dung Pits Constructed. | Offensive accumulation of Dung Removed. | Stagnant Water, Animal & other offensive matters Removed. | Pigs Removed from places unfit for the keeping of the same— the styes being mostly abolished. | Number of Bakehouses under constant Supervision. | Ditto Lisensed Cow-houses. | Ditto Licensed Slaughter-houses. | Summonses heard at Police Court. | Magistrate's Orders made and put in force. |
Name of Street or Place. | S. Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Wboopiag Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea | Total. | Name of Street or Place. | S. Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Total | ||
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Died in Hospital. | Died at Home. | Died in Hospital. | Died at Home. |
Kensington Town. | Brompton. | Causes of Death. | AGES. | ||||||||
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All ages. | Under | I and un der 5 | 5 to 20 | 20 to 40 | 40 to 60 | 60 to 80 | 80 and upwards |
Kensington Town. | Brompton. | Causes of Death. | All ages. | AGES. | |||||||
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Under I | 1 and un der 5 | 5 to 20 | 20 to 40 | 40 to 60 | 60 to 80 | 80 upwards |
Kensington Town. | Brompton. | Causes of Death. | AGES. | ||||||||
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All ages. | Under I | I and un der 5 | 5 to 40 | 20 to 40 | 40 to 60 | 60 to 80 | 80 and up-wards |
Kensington Town. | Brompton. | Causes of Death. | AGES. | Registration District. | ||||||||||
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All ages. | Under 1 | 1 and un der 5 | 5 to 20 | 20 to 40 | 40 to 60 | 60 to 80 | 80 and up-wards | Kensington Town. | Brompton. | Total Deaths in entire Parish. |
North Sanitary District. | South Sanitary District. | ||||
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STREETS, Sc. | Number of Houses. | Number of Cases. | STREETS, &c. | Number of Houses. | Number of Cases. |