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Kensington 1871
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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Table G.
| Name of Street. | No. of Houses. | Population, April, 1871. | Total Deaths. | Death rate per 1000 living. | Registered causes of Death. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From the principal Zymotic Diseases | From Scrofulous and Wasting Diseases | From Chest Diseases | From all other causes | |||||
| St. Katberine's Road | 106 | 1199 | 48 | 39 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 10 |
| Canterbury Road | 35 | 288 | 8 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Crescent Street | 35 | 457 | 17 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Fowell Street | 36 | 705 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Heathfield Street | 13 | 93 | 5 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Kenilworth Terrace1 | 9 | 88 | 7 | 80 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Marv Place | 25 | 188 | 10 | 53 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Tester ton Street | 44 | 516 | 15 | 70 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Union Street* | 31 | 437 | 15 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Jenning's Buildings | 76 | 876 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| Yeoman's Row | 69 | 950 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
Eleven hundred and twenty-one males and 1,149 females died,
the equivalent annual rate of mortality in the male sex being
22.3 per 1,000; in the female sex, 15.7, the rate for the sexes
respectively, in all London, being 26.6 and 22.8. It is obvious
that Kensington by its special healthiness and the prospects of
life, fully justifies the predilections of the fairer sex, who have in
such large numbers made it their abode !
The subjoined table shows the number of deaths in each district
in the four quarters and the sex of those who died:—
Table H.
| Town District, 1,845. | Brompton District, 425. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | |
| 1st Quarter„ | 217 | 242 | 52 | 47 |
| 2nd „ | 207 | 185 | 60 | 58 |
| 3rd „ | 259 | 222 | 45 | 55 |
| 4th „ | 232 | 281 | 49 | 59 |
| 915 | 930 | 206 | 219 | |
Nine hundred and sixty-five children died under the age of five
years = 43.4 per cent, of all the deaths—a high rate of mortality.
The proportion of deaths of children at this age in the Metropolis
to deaths at all ages was only 41.6 per cent. Under one year 582
children died, eqvivalent to 25.6 per cent. of all deaths and to 15.3
per cent. of all births. In the Metropolis the deaths under one
were 23.9 per cent, of the deaths at all ages, and equal to 17.1 per
cent. of registered births. The deaths at 60 years of age and upwards
were 519 = 23.2 per cent. of all deaths ; the relative proportion
in London generally being 19.3 per cent. One hundred and
seventeen persons died at 80 years and upwards, viz., 45 in the
summer, and 82 in the winter quarters. In each of the above
* Union Street and Kenilworth Torrace are now named George Street. Taking them
as ono street, the annual rate of mortality was 42 per 1000.