London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1895

The annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year 1895

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occupying the lower strata in the social scale. The following
statement will probably surprise those who are accustomed to
regard Kensington as a city of the rich.

Table: Position in life of the male parents of the infants who died under one year of age, as given in the registers of deaths:—

Position in life of the male parents of the infants who died under one year of age, as given in the registers of deaths:—

Number of Deaths in Sub-Districts.
Child ofTown.Brompton.
Labourer13412146
Costermonger10...10
Artizan1196125
Cabman, Carman, Coachman, Horsekeeper651176
Male Servant8412
Police Constable, Private Soldier, Pensioner12315
Railway Servant4...4
Fireman, Turncock, Ship's Steward4...4
Commercial Traveller, Clerk, Labour-Master18523
Trade Assistant39645
Tradesman34943
Missionary2...2
Merchant, Broker, Manufacturer3...3
Professional person8...8
Person of Independent Means336
Deaths of Illegitimate Children under one year of age8913102
Total55272624

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The deaths of children over one year, and under five years,
of age were 327 in number; the deaths under five years
therefore were 951 (compared with 972, 965, and 1,022, in the
preceding three years respectively), being equal to 262 per
1,000 births, the proportion in London, as a whole, being identical.
The deaths of illegitimate children under five years of age,
119, 100, and 118, in the preceding three years respectively
were 129 in 1895 (males 72 and females 57), of which 114 were
registered in the Town sub-district. These deaths were equal
to 71 7 per cent, on births registered as illegitimate. Of these
children only 30 outlived their first year.
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