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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 1893

The annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year 1893

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Table: Table Showing the Admissions and Deaths of Patients and Mortality per cent, at the FEVER HOSPITALS of the Metropolitan Asylums Board during each Year since1870,together with the Annual Mortality per1,000persons living of the Population of the Metropolis from Scarlet, Typhus, and Enteric Fevers and Diphtheria, extracted from the Registrar-General's Annual Summaries.

Table Showing the Admissions and Deaths of Patients and Mortality per cent, at the FEVER HOSPITALS of the Metropolitan Asylums Board during each Year since1870,together with the Annual Mortality per1,000persons living of the Population of the Metropolis from Scarlet, Typhus, and Enteric Fevers and Diphtheria, extracted from the Registrar-General's Annual Summaries.

YEAR.ADMISSIONS.DEATHS.Mortality per cent. of Patients treated in the Managers' Hospitals.Annual Mortality per 1,000 of estimated Population.
Scarlet.DiphtheriaTyphus.Enteric.Other Diseases.Total.Scarlet.DiphtheriaTyphus.Enteric.Other Diseases.Total.Relapsing Fever.DiphtheriaTyphus.Enteric.Scarlet.DiphtheriaTyphus.Enteric.
1870 (25th Jan. to 15th May)............218218............141412.84.........1.880.100.150.30
(Relapsing Fever.)
1871....................................Scarlet.........0.580.110.120.27
1872 (15 months to 31st Dec., 1872108...13427934386411...30577016810.78...23.6221.960.280.080.050.24
187392...4013812711,1456...9156582116.55...23.1515.130.190.090.080.27
1874804...5364353592,13489...106638434212.15...19.6214.870.770.120.090.26
18751,182...652992691,815160...16785430813.69...23.3524.681.060.170.040.23
1876671...1392882941,39290...28597124812.13...19.3120.340.650.110.040.22
1877479...1703721861,20754...36793320212.1...23.0722.930.440.090.040.25
1878679...1684842331,56491...471004027814.34...26.2520.260.490.150.040.28
18791,469...483851962,098211...11743933515.27...21.5619.730.720.150.020.23
18801,949...282482392,464242...6433732812.3...20.6815.630.820.140.020.19
18811,477...2194152112,322168...34864633411.1...16.9521.470.550.170.020.25
18821,850...1485153542,867189...271046038010.37...16.9220.710.520.220.010.25
18831,920...454862692,720234...11746638512.38...21.1515.640.510.240.010.25
18841,845...294931802,547234...5985539212.27...20.0018 820.360.240.010.23
18851,353...532202291,855130...736462199.47...121715.820.180.230.010.15
18861,780...10333742,197151...447222249 04...42.1014.850.170.210.000.15
18875,900...354411616,537489...461596139.54...11.5914.590.360.230.000.15
18884,4089914501945,15250146...72606799.8959.35...14.640.300.320.000.17
18894,518722232902195,772366275641487368.8540.7431.5715.150190.390.000.13
18906,537942164983418,334510316593811,0057.8633.5525.6619.680.210.330.000.15
18915,2621,312187554627,80935739711061029636.6730.635.8814.520.140.320.000.13
189213,0932,0091943072516,2768395832651401,6297.2829.359.7613.200.270.440.000.10
189314,5482,848254473218,67490186511101051,9826.1130.4250.0020.540 370.760.000.16
Totals71,9247,932 i2,3079,0416,75997,9636,0232,4824781,6021,39011,975............
Average Annual Mortality per 1,000 of estimated population of London before the opening of the Managers' Hospitals, extracted from the Registrar-General's Returns Scarlet Fever (only obtainable for 13 years), 1859 to 1871, both inclusive1.07.........
Enteric Fever ditto ditto ditto ditto.........0.30
Average Annual Mortality per 1,000 of estimated population of London from Scarlet Fever during the past 13 years, and from Enteric Fever during the past 3 years, extracted from the Registrar-General's Returns0.32......0.13
Increase............
Decrease0.75......0.17

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Note.—1. From the 1st December, 1870, to the end of September, 1871, Small pox cases only were admitted to the Board's Hospitals.
2 The deaths of Fever patients include all cases dying within 48 hours after admission, and also those deaths due to intercurrent maladies.
3. Diphtheria cases have only been admitted into the Managers' Hospitals since the 23rd October, 1888.
4. The Mortality rates of patients in the Managers' Hospitals are calculated according to the Registrar General's formula.