Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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Death Rate. | 1881. | 1880. | 1879. | 1878. | 1877. | 1876. | 1875. | 1874. | 1873. |
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Area in Statute Acres. | Inhabited houses. | Increase in 10 years. | Population. | Increase in 10 years | |||
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1871 | 1881 | 1871 | 1881 |
Name of Ward. | Area in Statute Acres | Inhabited houses. | Increase in 10 years. | Population | Increase 10 years.* | ||
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1871 | 1881 | 1871 | 1881 |
The Year. | Population. | Rateable value of Property. | The Year. |
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Diseases. | Sub-districts. | In Hospitals. | Totals in 1880. | Decennial Average. | ||||
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Town. | Brompton | Town. | Brompton | Totals | (uncorrected) | (corrected). |
PERIOD. | DISEASES. | |||||||||
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Four weeks ended | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Simple continued Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Total. |
GROUP OF DISTRICTS. | Of 1,000 Small-pox deaths there occured. | Small-pox Death-rate per million. | |
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In Hospital. | In Private Houses. |
1871. | 1872. | 1873. | 1874. | 1875. | 1876. | 1877. | 1878. | 1879. | 1880. | 1881. |
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Quinquennium. | 1871-75. | 1876-80, | Year 1881. |
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1856. | 1881. | Gross Increase in 25 years. |
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1871. | 1881. | Increase in 10 years |
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KENSINGTON TOWN | BROMPTON | Grand Total. | |||||
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Sub-district. | Sub-district. | Whole Parish. | |||||
Males. | Females. | Total | Males. | Females. | Total. |
KENSINGTON TOWN Sub.district. | BROMPTON Sub.district. | Grand Total, whole Parish. | |||||
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Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
DATE OF REPORT. | Death.rate, per 1,000 living. | Decennial Average | Mean temPerature of the air, 1881. | Decennial Average | Temperature above or below Average. |
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CAUSES OF DEATH. | AGES. | Total deaths under Five. | Grand Total | sub-districts. | |||||||||||||
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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. |
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Under one year. | Between one year and sixty. | Sixty and upwards* | Total. |
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Name of Company | When clear and transparent. | Number of Occasions. | When very turbid. | |
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When slightly turbid. | When turbid. |
Name of Company. | Number of occasions when living organisms were found. | ||||||||||||
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1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 |
Name of Company. | Temperature in Centigrade Degrees. | Total Solid Impurity. | Organic Carbon. | Organic Nitrogen. | Ammonia. | Nitrogen as Nitrates and Nitrites. | Total combined Nitrogen. | Chlorine. | Total Hardness. | Proportional amount of organic Elements, that in the Kent Company's Water during the 9 years ending Dec., 1876 being taken as 1.. |
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Maximum. | Minimum. | Average. |
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Maximum. | Minimum. | Average. |
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Year. | Estimated Population.* | Number of Inhabited Houses.** | Registered Births. | Deaths. | Marriages. |
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The Year. | Births per 1000 of the population. | Death Rate per 1000 living. | Deaths of Infants under 1 year. | Deaths of Children under 1 year; per cent. on Registered Births. | Deaths of Children under 5 years. | Deaths at Public Institutions | ||
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Total Number. | Per cent. on Total Deaths. | Total Number. | Per cent. on Total Deaths. |
CAUSES OF DEATH. | AGES. | Total deaths under Five. | Grand Total. | SUB-DISTRICTS. | ||||||||||||||
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Under 1. | 1 to2 | 2 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 to 95. | 95 and upwards. | Kensington Town. | Brompton. |
Diseases. | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 of Population. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths. |
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Diseases. | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | Annual Average 10 years 1871-80. | Proportion of deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1871-80. | 1881 | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths, 1881. |
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Sanitary districts.* | No. of Complaints received during the year. | No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected (irrespective of re-inspections) | Results of Inspection. | House Drains. | Privies and W.C.'s. | Dust Bins. | Water Supply. | Miscellaneous. | |||||||||||||||
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Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises. | Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c. | Houses Disinfected after illness of an infectious character. | Repaired, Cleansed, Trapped, &c. | Ventilated. | Repaired, &c. | Supplied with Water. | New provided. | New provided. | Repaired, Covered, &c. | Cisterns (new) erected. | Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired and Covered. | Waste-Pipes connected with Drains, &c., abolished. | No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Section of 'The Sanitary Act, 1866."f | Dust Removal.—No of Communications receivec and attended to.§ | Removal of accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse. | Animals Removed, being improperly kept. | Regularly Inspected. | Other Proceedings,e.g. Legal Proceedings | |||||
Bakehouses. | Licensed Cowsheds. | Licensed Slaughter-houses. |
Date of Report. | Houses Inspected. | Mews Inspected. | Slaughter Houses Inspected. | Cowsheds Inspected. | Bakehouses Inspected. | Offensive Trades Inspected. | Sanitary Notices Issued. | Removal of Dust, Ashes,&c., Letters of Request received and attended to. | Date of Report. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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District. | District. | District. | District. | District. | District. | District. | District. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
N.W. | N.E. | C. | s. | N.W. | N.E. | C. | s. | N.W. | N. E. | c. | s. | N.W. | N.E. | c. | s. | N.W | N.E. | c. | s. | NW | N E. | C. | S. | N.W. | N.E. | c. | S. | N.w. | N.E. | C. | S. |
The Year. | Deaths per 1000 living. | Total Deaths from seven Zymotic diseases, Kensington. | Annual rate of Mortality per 1000 living from seven Zymotic Diseases. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from seven Zymotic diseases. | The Year. | |||
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Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. |
LOCALITY. | Annual Death Rate per 1000 living from all causes. | Annual Death Rate per 1,000 living from 7 principal Zymotic diseases. | Percentage of Deaths under 1 year to Births Registered. | Percentage of Deaths to Total Deaths. | |||||
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Under 1 year of age. | At 60 years of age and upwards. | From Zymotic diseases. | From Violence. | Registered upon information of the Coroner. (Inquests.) | Registered at large Public Institutions |
KENSINGTON TOWN REGISTRATION SUB-DISTRICT. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Locality. | DISEASES. | Total. | Locality. | DISEASES. | Total. | Locality. | DISEASES. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
*Small Pox | Measles. | †Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhœa | *Small Pox., | Measles. | †Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhœa. | *Small Pox. | Measles. | †Scarlet Fever. | | Diphtheria. | whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Total. | |||||||||||
Typhus. | Enteric. | Sim. Con. | Typhus. | Enteric. | Sim.Con. | Typhus | Enteric. | Sim. Con. |
DATE. | 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, ana 13 of the Vaccination Register (Birth List Sheets) viz.: | Number of these Births which are not entered in the Vaccination Register, on account (as shown by Report Book) of | ||||||
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Column 10 Successfully vaccinated. | Column 11. | Column 13. Dead. Un-vacci-nated. | Postponement by Medical Certificate. | Removal to Districts, the Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprized. | Removal to places unknown, or which canmot be reached, and cases not having been found. | Cases still under proceedings by summons and otherwise. | ||||
Insusceptible of Successful Vaccination. | Had Small-pox. |
LOCALITY. | LICENSEE. |
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LOCALITY. | LICENSEE. |
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Date of the Monthly Report. | Number of Cases Reported. | Number of Cases under 15 Years of Age. | Number of Cases over 15 Years of Age. | Number of Cases. | ||||
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North | South | Sent to Hospital. | Treated at Home. | |||||
of Uxbridge Road. |