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

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Kensington 1876

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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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.
Smallpox10294681206810024.616.582.7
Measles40198427706443381212352.923.512844.3
Scarlet Fever2835170106198952910328378.634.05920.4
DiphtheriaNot separately registered.914111411262310.84.6175.8
Whooping Cough28683471557277444510760.125.412442.9
"Fever"3346524246484241522943.118.23612.4
Diarrhoea112 .78113108154129110145112107116.849.712643.5
Total, Kensington251275457369545539383290388372386.9165.9498172
Total, London14,76111,66014,92517,41316,47619,45512,69911,38511,23013,41113,34118712,565162
Total, England & Wales 1865—74*18651866186718681869187018711872187318741865—741865—7418751875
92,03082,69272,58797,35290,380100,497103,80191,74389,28696,27988,20018582,332151

The Totals for England and Wales are for the ten yeara 1865—74, compared with 1875, the last year of publication at present.