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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 1880
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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The subjoined table shows the quarterly numbers of deaths of males and females in each of the sub-districts
| Kensington Town | Males. | Brompton | Grand Total, whole | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sub-district. | Sub-district. | ||||||
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Females. | Total. | Parish. | ||
| 1st Quarter | 317 | 339 | 656 | 103 | 101 | 204 | 860 |
| 2nd „ | 273 | 259 | 532 | 56 | 72 | 128 | 660 |
| 3rd „ | 258 | 260 | 518 | 64 | 65 | 129 | 647 |
| 4th „ | 254 | 298 | 552 | 68 | 67 | 135 | 687 |
| 1,102 | 1,156 | 5,258 | 291 | 305 | 596 | 2,854 | |
The deaths in the first and fourth or colder quarters (1,547),
exceeded the number in the second and third, or warmer quarters
(1,307), by 240. The excess belongs mainly to the first quarter
which was very fatal to aged people by reason of the inclement
weather which prevailed, especially in the month of January.
The subjoined table shows the death-rate in 13 periods of four weeks, corresponding with my Monthly Reports, and the mean temperature of the air
| DATE OF REPORT. | Death-rate, per 1000 living, 1880. | Decennial Average | Mean temperature of the air, 1880. | Decennial Average | Temperature above or below Average. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For four weeks to Jan. 81, 1880 | 23.6 | 20.8 | 31.7 | 39.3 | — | 7.6 | |
| „ „ „ „ Feb. 28, | „ | 25.0 | 22.6 | 41.6 | 39.1 | + | 2.5 |
| „ „ „ „ Mar. 27, | „ | 17.7 | 20.8 | 44.6 | 41.5 | + | 3.1 |
| „ „ „ „ -A.pl. 24, | „ | 19.2 | 21.5 | 47.0 | 45.7 | + | 1.3 |
| „ „ „ „ May 22, | „ | 15.1 | 18.6 | 47.0 | 49.4 | — | 2.4 |
| „ „ „ „ June 19, | „ | 16.2 | 16.7 | 55.7 | 55.7 | — | |
| „ „ „ „ July 17, | „ | 16.3 | 16.7 | 61.1 | 61.3 | — | 0.2 |
| „ „ „ „ Aug. 14, | „ | 19.2 | 19.1 | 62.5 | 63.1 | — | 0.6 |
| „ „ „ „ Sep. 11, | „ | 14.0 | 17.1 | 64.1 | 61.2 | + | 2.9 |
| „ „ „ „ Oct. 9, | „ | 14.9 | 14.9 | 54.8 | 55.2 | — | 0.4 |
| „ „ „ „ Nov. 6, | „ | 16.3 | 17.1 | 43.0 | 48.3 | — | 5.3 |
| „ „ „ „ Dec. 4, | „ | 18.2 | 20.6 | 43.4 | 41.2 | + | 2.2 |
| „ „ „ „ Jan. 1, | 1881 | 18.2 | 21.1 | 43.0 | 37.5 | + | 5.5 |
| Averages (whole year) | 18.0 | 19.1 | 49.2 | 49.1 | |||