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Kensington 1875

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

Published
1876
Pages
79
Tables
28

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    Assuming then that the correct death-rate was 19.4 per 1000, it will appear that the state of the public health in Kensington, gauged by that standard, admits of favourable comparison, as it should do, with the Metropolis as a whole, and with the several great districts into which it is divided by the Registrar General, as will be seen in the following table:—
    Death-rate.1875.1874.1873.
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    joined figures show the proportion which Kensington proper bears to the other parts of the Kensington registration district:—
    Area in statute acres.Inhabited houses, 1871.Population, 1871.
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    For some parochial purposes the parish is divided into wards. The subjoined figures show the acreage of the several wards and other particulars of interest:—
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    AGES OF MALES AND FEMALES, 1871.
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    The subjoined table shows the growth of the parish in wealth and population during the present century:—
    The Year.Population.Rateable value of Property.The Year.
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    MARRIAGES.
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    The subjoined table shows the quarterly number of births registered in each sub-district:—
    Kensington TownBrompton
    Sub-District.Sub-District.Grand Total.
    Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 17
    The subjoined table shows the quarterly number of deaths registered m each sub-district, the deaths of non-parishioners in the Brompton Hospital (which are dealt with in another section) being excluded:—
    Kensington Town Sub-District.Brompton Sub-District.
    Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.Grand Total.
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    The subjoined table shows the death rate at 13 periods of four weeks, corresponding to my monthly reports, and the average temperature of the air:—
    Date of Report.Death Rate per 1,000 living.Mean Temperature of the Air.
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    The deaths occurred in registration sub-districts as follows:—
    Town.Brompton.Total.Deaths. per 1,000 deaths
  • Page 45
    The following table exhibits the degree of efficiency of filtration of the water as supplied by the Companies in this parish:—
    Name of Company.Number of occasions when clear and transparent.Number of occasions when slightly turbid.Number of occasions when turbid.Number of occasions when very turbid.
  • Page 46
    The annexed table shows the results of such microscopic examinations during the past seven years:—
    Number of occasions when living organisms were found.
    Name of Company.1869.1870.1871.1872.1873.1874.1875.
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    The subjoined table exhibits the averages, for 1875, of solid impurity ;and other particulars, the numbers relating to 100,000 parts of each water:—
    Name of CompanyTemperature in Centigrade Degrees.Total Solid Impurity.Organic Carbon.Organic Nitrogen.Ammonia.Nitrogen as Nitrates and Nitrites.Total Combined Nitrogen.Previous Sewage or Animal Contamination. (Estimated.)Chlorine.Total Hardness.Proportionate Amount of organic Elements, that in the Kent Company's Water being taken as 1.
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    1. Maximum, minimum, and average lighting power of the gas in standard sperm candles at the testing place Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill:—
    Maximum.Minimum.Average.
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    The gas would therefore appear to have been always (with one exception, viz., 15.9 on the 1st November) up to the standard lighting power of 16 oandles.
    Maximum.Minimum.Average.
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    TABLE I. Estimated population 1875, at the middle of the year, and in 10 previous years ; number of inhabited houses ; Births, Deaths, and Marriages (gross numbers).
    Year.Estimated Population*Number of Houses.Registered Births.Deaths.Marriages.
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    TABLE II. Showing Birth & Death Rate: Deaths of Children, & Deaths in Public Institutions 1875, & 10 previous years.
    The Year.Births per 1000 of the population.Death rate per 1000 living.Deaths of Children under 1 year per cent, to Total Deaths.Deaths of Children under 1 year per cent, to Registered Births.Deaths of Children under 5 years per cent, to Total Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions
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    TABLE III. Deaths Registered from all causes during the year 1875. (The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-residents being excluded.)
    CAUSES OP DEATH.AGES.Total deaths umder FoveGrand Total.SUB-DISTRICT
    Under11 to22 to55 to1515 to2525 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 to 95.95 and upwards.KensingtonBrompton.
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    TABLE IV. Showing Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to 1,000 Deaths, 1875, viz.—
    Diseases.Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Population.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths.
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    TABLE V. Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years, 1865-74, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, and the number in 1875, &c.
    Disease.1865186618671868186918701871187218731874Annual Average 10 years, 1865—74.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1865—74.1875Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1875.
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    TABLE VI. Inspector's Report of the Sanitary Work completed in the year ended March 25th, 1876.
    Sub-districts.No of Complaints received during the year.No. of Houses and Premises, &c., inspected.Results of Inspection.House. Drains.Privies and W.C.'s.Dust Bins.Water Supply.Miscellaneous.
    Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises.Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired and Whitewashed.Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases.Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Trapped or Ventilated.Repaired, Covered, &c.Supplied with Water.New provided.New Provided.Repaired, Covered, .&c.Cisterns (new) erected.Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired and Covered.No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Clause of Sanitary Acts, 1866.*No. of Dust Complaints received and attended to.Removal of accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse.Removal of Animals, &c., improperly kept.Regularly Inspected.Other Proceedings,e.g. Legal Proccedings.
    Bakehouses.Licensed Cowhouses.Licensed Slaughterhouses.
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    TABLE VIa. Summary of Monthly Returns of Sanitary Work done by the Inspectors.
    Date of Report.Houses Inspected.Mews Inspected.Slaughter Houses Inspected.Cowsheds Inspected.Bakehouses Inspected.Offensive Trades Inspected.Sanitary Orders Issued.Letters &c. Received re Dust Removal.Complaints of non-removal of Dust.Orders Issued for the removal of Dust.Date of Report.
    NorthSouthNorthSouthNorthSouthNorthSouthNorthSouthNorthSouthNorthSouthNorthSouthNorthSouthNorthSouth
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    TABLE VII. Showing the Death rate per 1,000 living; the annual rate of Mortality per 1,000 living from seven Zymotic Diseases; and the proportion of Deaths from these Diseases to the total Deaths in Kensington and in all London in 1875, and in the ten years, 1865-74
    TABLE VII. Showing the Death rate per 1,000 living; the annual rate of Mortality per 1,000 living from seven Zymotic Diseases; and the proportion of Deaths from these Diseases to the total Deaths in Kensington and in all London in 1875, and in the ten years, 1865-74
    The Year.Deaths per 1000 living.Total Deaths from seven Zymotic diseases, Kensington.Annual rate of Mortality per 1,000 living from seven Zymotic Diseases.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from seven Zymotic diseases.The Year.
    Kensington.London.Kensington.London.Kensington.London.
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    TABLE VIII. Comparative Analysis of the Mortality in all London and in Kensington, in 52 weeks, ended 1st January, 1876.
    LOCALITY.Annual Death Rate per 1000 living from all causes.Annual Death Rate per 1000 living from principal Zymotic diseases.Per centage of Deaths under 1 year to Births Registered.Per Centage of Deaths to Total Deaths.
    Under 1 year of age.At 60 years of age and upwards.From 7 Zymotic diseases.From Violence.Registered upon information of the Coroner (Inquests)Registered in large Public Institutions.
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    TABLE IX. Showing the Principal Localities in which fatal cases of the chief Zymotic Diseases occurred in 1875. Brompton Registration Sub-District. Kensington Town Registration Sub-District.
    Locality.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.FEVER.Diarrhœa.Total.Locality.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.FEVER.Diarrhœa.Total.Locality.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.FEVER.Diarrhœa.Total.
    Typhus.Enteric.Simple Continued.Typhus.Enteric.Simple Continued.Typhus.Enteric.Simple Continued.
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    TABLE X. PARISH OF ST. MARY ABBOTTS, KENSINGTON. Return respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were Registered during the year 1875.
    DATE.Registration Sub-Districts comprised in Vaccination Officer's District.Number of Births returned in Birth List Sheets.Number of these Births duly entered in Columns 10, 11, and 13 of the Vaccination Register (Birth List Sheets) viz.:Number of these Births which are not entered in the Vaccination Register, on account (as shown by Report Book) of
    Column 10 Successfully vaccinated.Column 11.Column 13. Dead. Un-vaccinated.Postponement by Medical Certificate.Removal to Districts, the Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprized.Removal to places unknown, or which cannot be reached. and cases not having been found.Cases still under proceedings by summons and otherwise.
    Insusceptible of Successful Vaccination.Had Small-pox.
    1234568910
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    TABLE XI. LICENSED SLAUGHTER HOUSES. SOUTH SANITARY DISTRICT, (12).
    LOCALITY.LICENSEE.
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    TABLE XII. LICENSED COW SHEDS. SOUTH SANITARY DISTRICT. (12.)
    LOCALITY.LICENSEE.