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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
Kingston upon Thames 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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TABLE 1.
Births and Deaths Returns for Whole District.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Deaths under One Year of Age. | Deaths at all | Deaths | Deaths of Nonresidents register'd in District. | Deaths of residents register'd beyond District. | Deaths at all | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ages. | Total. | Ages. | Nett | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1000 Births register'd | Number. | Rate.* | in Public Institutions.f | Number. | Rate.* | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1896 | 31,089 | 942 | 30.2 | 119 | 126.3 | 519 | 16.6 | 50 | 49 | 24 | 470 | 15.1 |
| 1897 | 32,516 | 945 | 29.06 | 143 | 151.4 | 585 | 17.9 | 59 | 88 | 9 | 497 | 15.2 |
| 1898 | .. | 960 | 28.2 | 147 | 153.1 | 554 | 16.2 | 69 | 70 | 8 | 484 | 14.2 |
| 1899 | .. | 979 | 27.09 | 137 | 139.9 | 612 | 17.1 | 82 | 94 | 15 | 518 | 15.3 |
| 1900 | .. | 988 | 26.9 | 110 | 111.3 | 596 | 16.2 | 78 | 81 | 17 | 515 | 14.06 |
| 1901 | 34,558 | 880 | 25.7 | 111 | 125 | 552 | 15.9 | 150 | 76 | 13 | 468 | 13.5 |
| 1902 | 35,970 | 940 | 26.1 | 113 | 129.7 | 624 | 17.06 | 206 | 105 | 15 | 511 | 14.2 |
| 1903 | 36,311 | 1,030 | 31.09 | 116 | 112.6 | 602 | 16.6 | 208 | 119 | 19 | 492 | 13.5 |
| 1904 | 37,741 | 973 | 26.2 | 151 | 154 | 645 | 17.9 | 242 | 129 | 22 | 516 | 13.6 |
| 1905 | 38,670 | 1,015 | 262 | 91 | 89 | 540 | 13.9 | 159 | 88 | 26 | 452 | 11.6 |
| Averages for years 1896-1905 | 35,290 | 969 | 26.75 | 123 | 129.2 | 582 | 16.5 | 130 | 89 | 16 | 492 | 14.0 |
| 1906 | 39,500 | 941 | 23-8 | 113 | 120 | 623 | 15-7 | 229 | 136 | 23 | 488 | 12-3 |
| *Rates calculated per 1000 of estimated population. f Increase due to enlargement of Workhouse Infirmary. | ||||||||||||
Area of District in Acres (exclusive of area covered by water) 1,114
Total population at all ages (at Census of 1901) 34,375
Institutions within District receiving sick and infirm persons
from outside District:—
Kingston Victoria Hospital. Workhouse Infirmary.
Number of inhabited houses (at Census of 1901) 6,507
Average number of persons per house ,, 5.2
Institutions outside District receiving sick and infirm
persons from the District:—
Brookwood Asylum. Richmond Hospital. Surbiton
Hospital. Croydon Isolation Hospital.