London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Kensington 1875

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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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.
Smallpox181029468120681026.411.900
Measles52401984277064433812155.825.0238.2
Scarlet Fever3128351701061989529103273.433.28329.5
DiphtheriaNot separately registered.914111411268.53.8238.2
Whooping Cough3728683471557277444553.124.310738.4
"Fever"7733465242464842415247.921.72910.4
Diarrhœa10111278113108154129110145112116.552.610738.4
Total, Kensington319251275457369545539383290388381.6172.5372133
Total, London14,27214,76111,66014,92517,41316,47619,45512,69911,38511,23014,42717813,411164
Total, England & Wales 1863-72*18631864186518661867186818691870187118721863—721863—72.18731873
98,49096,27992,03082,69272,58797,35290,380100,497103,80191,74392,58418889,286181
* The Totals for England and Wales are for the ten years 1863—72, compared with 1873, the last year of publication at the present time.