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Kensington 1876

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

Published
1877
Pages
101
Tables
31

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31 tables in this report

  • Page 6
    For some parochial purposes it may be added that Kensington parish is divided into wards. The subjoined figures show the acreage of the several wards, and other particulars of interest.
    Name of Ward.Area in statute acres.Inhabited houses, 1871.Population, 1871.Rateable annual value of property, 1871.
  • Page 32
    The subjoined table shows the monthly number of cases recorded in each district; but it should be mentioned that not a few of the cases were not heard of till they had been completed, so that they really belong to an earlier period in the epidemic than that assigned to them.
    No. of Report.Date of Report.Cases Reported.Sanitary Districts.Sent to Hospitals.Treatd. at Home.
    North.South.
  • Page 36
    The following table has been drawn up, showing the death-rate per 1,000 persons living from the seven principal diseases during the ten years 1865-74 :—
    1865186618671868186918701871187218731874
  • Page 39
    Deaths from " Fever " in 1875-6.— Brompton Sub-district.
    Date.Sex.Age.Description.Terms of Certificate.Place of Death.Remarks.
  • Page 40
    Deaths from the Seven principal Diseases of the Zymotic class in the Brompton Registration Sub-district in the Twelve Years —1865-76.
    The YearSmall poxMeasles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus Fever.Typhoid Fever.Simple continued Fever.DiarrhœaTotal Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 living.
  • Page 41
    AGES OF MALES AND FEMALES, 1871.
    A11 Ages.Under 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 and upwds.
  • Page 42
    The subjoined table exhibits at a glance some of the evidences of the growth of Kensington within the present century :—
    The Year.Population.Rateable value of Property.The Year.
  • Page 43
    The subjoined table shows the quarterly number of births of each sex registered in each sub-district:—
    Kensington Town Sub-District.Brompton Sub-District.
    Males.FemalesTotal.Males.Females.Total.Grand Total.
  • Page 44
    The subjoined table shows the quarterly number of deaths of each sex registered in each sub-district:—
    Kensington Town Sub-District.Brompton Sub-District.
    Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.Grand Total.
  • Page 44
    The subjoined table shows the death-rate in 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.
  • Page 45
    The rate in all London last year was 3.6 per 1,000 living, and 162 deaths in every 1,000 deaths. The deaths occurred in the registration sub-districts in the subjoined proportions :—
    Town.Brompton.Total.Deaths, per 1,000 deaths.
  • Page 45
    Of the total deaths no fewer than 309 took place in the first half of the year, and only 189 (including 107 from diarrhoea,) in the second half, viz.:—
    Disease.First half of the Year.Second half of the Year.
  • Page 69
    In the following table, which shows the amount of organic elements (organic carbon and organic nitrogen) in it, and in the Thames water supplied to this parish :—
    Sources.Maximum.Minimum,Average.
  • Page 69
    The following table exhibits the results of observations as to the degree of efficiency of filtration of Thames water distributed by the Companies:—
    Names of Companies.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 69
    The subjoined table shows how frequently these organisms have been observed in the water supplied by the local companies:—
    Names of Companies.Number of occasions when moving organisms were found
    18691870187118721873187418751876
  • Page 70
    The subjoined table exhibits the averages for 1876 of solid impurity, and other particulars, the numbers relating to 100,000 parts of each water :—
    Namb of Company.Temperature in Centigrade Degrees.Total Solid Impurity.Organic Carbon.Organic Nitrogen.Ammonia.Nitrogen as Nitrates and Nitrites.Total Combined Ni-trogen.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.
  • Page 74
    1. Maximum, minimum, and average lighting power of the gas in standard sperm candles :—
    Maximum.MinimumAverage.
  • Page 74
    2. Grains of sulphur in 100 cubic feet of gas:—
    Maximum.Minimum.Average.
  • Page -
    TABLE I. Estimated population 1870, 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 and Death Rate : Deaths of Children, and Deaths in Public Institutions 1876, and 10 previous years
    The Year.Births per 1000 of the population.Death rate per 1000 living.Deaths of Childr under 1 year per cent. to Total Deaths.Deaths of Children under 1 year per cent. to Registered Births.Deaths of Children under 3 years per cent. to Total Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions
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    TABLE III. Deaths Registered from all causes during the year 1876. (The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-residents being excluded.)
    CAUSES OP DEATH.AGES.Total deaths under Five.Grand TotalSUB-DISTRICT.
    Under 1.1 to 2.2 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 to 95.95 and upwards.Kensington Town.Brompton.
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    TABLE IV. Showing Mortality from certain classes of Diseases and proportions to Population, and to 1,000 Deaths, 1876, 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 10 years, 1866-75, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, and the number in 1876, &c.
    Disease.1866186718681869187018711872187318741875Annual Average 10 years 1866—75Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1865—751876Proportion of Deaths to 11 00 Deaths in 1876.
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    TABLE VI. Inspectors' Report of the Sanitary Work completed in tbe year ended March 25th, 1877.
    Sub-districtsNo. 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. Cleansned, Repaired and WhitetashedHouses 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 Cleasened, Repaired and Covered.No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Clause of SanitaryNo. of Dust Complaints received and attended to.Removal of accumulations of Drugs, Stagnant Water, Animal and ther Refuse.Removal of Animals, &c., improperly kept.Regularly Inspected.Other Proceedings, e.g.Legal Proceedings.
    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.
    NorthSouthNorthSouthNorthSouthNorthSouthNorthSouthNorthSouthNorthSouthNorthSouthNorthSouthNorthNorth
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    TABLE VII. Showing the Death rate per 1,000 persons 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 1876, and in the ten years, 1866-75.
    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 30th December, 1876.
    LOCALITY.Annual Death Rate per 1,000 living from all causes.Annual Death Rate per 1,000 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 uses of the chief Zymotic Diseases occured in 1876.
    Kensington Town Begistration Sub-District.Brompton Registration Sub-District.
    Locality.DISEASES.DISEASES.DISEASES.
    Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaWhooping Couph.Typhus.Enteric.B.C. F.Diarrhoea.Total.Locality.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaWhooping Cough.Typhus.Enteric.S. C. F.Diarrhoea.Total.Locality.Small PoxMeasles.Ncarlet Fever.KiphtheriaWhooping Couth.TypbasEnteric.N. C. F.Diarrhoea.Total
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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 1876.
    TATE.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 of .
    Column 10 Successfully vaccinated.Column 11.Column 13. Dead. Un-vacci-nstod.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.
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    TABLE XI. LICENSED SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
    LOCALITY.LICENSEE.
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    TABLE XII. LICENSED COW SHEDS. SOUTH SANITARY DISTRICT. (11.)
    LOCALITY.LICENSEE.