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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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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. | Females | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Grand Total. | |
| 1st Quarter | 529 | 447 | 976 | 94 | 135 | 229 | 1205 |
| 2nd „ | 413 | 427 | 840 | 118 | 98 | 216 | 1056 |
| 3rd „ | 470 | 480 | 950 | 102 | 98 | 200 | 1150 |
| 4th „ | 457 | 444 | 901 | 88 | 100 | 188 | 1089 |
| Total - | 1869 | 1798 | 3667 | 402 | 431 | 833 | 4500 |
DEATHS.
Two thousand eight hundred and ninety-six deaths were
registered in 1876, viz., 2,276 in the Town sub-district and 620 in
Brompton. The deaths in the " Town " include 225 registered at
the Parish Infirmary and Workhouse, and 36 that took place at
St. Joseph's House, Notting Hill, while the Brompton total includes
113 at the Consumption Hospital. After deducting the
deaths of non-parishioners at the last-named institution, and
distributing those that occurred at the workhouse, the deaths in the
Town sub-district were 2,219, and in Brompton 568. These
numbers are equal to a death rate for the whole parish of 18.6 per
1.000. But, as before stated, the deaths at the Brompton
Hospital are left in the statistical tables to compensate for the
deaths of parishioners in hospitals and at other places beyond the
limits of Kensington, and these deaths raise the rate to 19.3 per
1,000. The rate in the Town sub-district was 20.2., and in
Brompton only 14 9 per 1,000. Fourteen hundred and eighty.
seven males died in an estimated population of 60,250 = 24'6
per 1,000 persons living, or one death to 40.5 persons living.
Only 1,409 females died in an estimated population of 87,750,
the death rate being 16 per 1000, or one death to 622
persons living. Compared with 1875 the deaths of males show
an increase of 137, and those of females a decrease of 27.
The deaths under one year of age were 771, the increase
of 95 on the number in 1875, being due to the prevalence of
infantile diseases of the zymotic class. These deaths were
equivalent to 26.6 per cent. on total deaths, and to 17.1 per cent.
on the births registered. The corresponding per centages in all
London were 25.7 and 15.7 respectively. The deaths under five
years of age, 1,305, were equal to 29.4 per cent. on registered births
(London rate 26.9), and to 45.5 per cent. on total deaths (London
42.7). Six hundred and one persons died at 60 years of age and
upwards. This number is 41 less than in 1875, and is equivalent
to 20.7 on the total deaths, the equivalent per centage in all
London being 20.