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]
This page requires JavaScript
15
It appears, then, that the deaths from these diseases were
114 below the corrected decennial average. They were also 151
fewer than in 1888. As usual, the deaths in the Brompton subdistrict
(28) were fewer in proportion to population than in the
Town sub-district, and to a greater extent than in immediately
preceding years. The total deaths were equal to 111 per 1000
deaths from all causes in Kensington (Metropolis, 128), and to
a rate of 1.5 per 1000 persons living (Metropolis, 2.2); the
decennial average being 2.1 in Kensington, and 3.0 in London.
In England and Wales the deaths from these diseases were 118
in each 1000 deaths; and the rate was 2.l per 1000 persons
living, the decennial average being 2.3 per 1000.
In the 27 Cities and Boroughs grouped by the RegistrarGeneral
with the Metropolis, the zymotic death-rate was 2.7 per
1000, ranging from 1.51 in Derby, 1.53 in Brighton, and 1.67 in
Halifax, to 4.2 in Manchester, 4.13 in Bolton, 4.57 in Salford,
4.74 in Blackburn, 5.76 in Plymouth, and 7.70 in Preston.
The following Table shews the distribution of deaths in Kensington from the principal diseases of the zymotic class, registered in thirteen four-weekly periods, corresponding with my monthly reports:—
Report for Four Weeks ended | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Simple Continued Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 26 | ... | 6 | 1 | 10 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 22 |
February 28 | ... | 1 | ... | 14 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 18 |
March 23 | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 10 |
April 20 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 9 |
May 18 | ... | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18 |
June 15 | ... | ... | 1 | 10 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | 20 |
July 13 | ... | ... | 4 | 6 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 16 | 28 |
August 10 | ... | ... | 6 | 9 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 23 | 40 |
September 7 | ... | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 8 | 28 |
October 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 15 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | 23 |
November 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 8 | 3 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | 19 |
November 30 | ... | ... | 6 | 5 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 19 |
December 28 | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 15 |
Totals | ... | 14 | 28 | 111 | 26 | ... | 19 | ... | 71 | 269 |