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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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SENILE MORTALITY.
At 60 years of age and upwards, there were 784 deaths
(compared with 880, 859, and 671, in the preceding three
years), equal to 28.5 per cent, on total deaths, the equivalent
percentage in London, as a whole, being 24.7.
The Death-Rate per 1,000 persons living at different age-periods, in 1895, and in the preceding three years respectively, was as follows:—
| (Population, 1895) | 1895. | 1894. | 1893. | 1892. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 5 years of age | 14,976 | 63.5 | 68.3 | 64.6 | 65.4 |
| Five and under 15 | 27,369 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 3.1 |
| Fifteen „ „ 25 | 37,453 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| Twenty-five ~ 35 | 32,155 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| Thirty-live ~ 45 | 22,388 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 11.1 | 11.1 |
| Forty-five „ 55 | 15,880 | 18.7 | 15.2 | 18.6 | 17.0 |
| Fifty-five „ 65 | 9,671 | 30.2 | 28.1 | 33.5 | 35.5 |
| Sixty-five ~ 75 | 5,455 | 60.7 | 51.4 | 66.6 | 68.1 |
| Seventy-fiye „ 85 | 1,959 | 109.2 | 95.4 | 117.8 | 130.6 |
| Eighty-five & upwards | 299 | 247.4 | 184.5 | 248.3 | 279.4 |
The subjoined table shows the quarterly number of deaths of parishioners, males and females, in each of the subdistricts.
| Kensington Town | Brompton | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
| Ist Quarter | 334 | 442 | 776 | 68 | 113 | 181 | 957 |
| 2nd „ | 217 | 218 | 435 | 54 | 71 | 125 | 560 |
| 3rd „ | 257 | 257 | 514 | 52 | 49 | 101 | 615 |
| 4th „ | 243 | 263 | 506 | 56 | 54 | 110 | 616 |
| 1,051 | 1,180 | 2,231 | 230 | 287 | 517 | 2,748 | |
| The Births were, of Males, 1861. The Deaths were, of Males, 1281 | |||||||
| Females, 1760. | Females, 1467 | ||||||
| Total Births, 3621 Deduct 2748 Deaths | Total Deaths, 2748 | ||||||
| Shows 873 Excess of Births over Deaths. Estimated nett increase of population, 300. | |||||||