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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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SUMMARY OF VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS, KENSINGTON, 1895.
| During the four weeks ended. | Births. | Deaths. | DEATH RATE. | DEATHS AT AGES. | DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | DISEASES OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. | Deaths from Phthisis. | Deaths from Heart Disease. | Deaths under Five from Scrofulous Diseases. | Temperature. | ||||||||||||||
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| KENSINGTON. | LONDON. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current. | Decennial Average. | Current. | Decennial Average. | 0-1 | 1-5 | 60 and upwards | Totals. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Simple continued Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Totals. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | |||||||
| January 26 | 309* | 204 | 15.8 | 23.3 | 18.6 | 26.9 | 35 | 18 | 58 | 13 | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ... | 3 | 58 | 43 | 11 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 35.1 |
| February 23 | 316 | 271 | 21.0 | 18.4 | 25.8 | 21.6 | 51 | 24 | 95 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 96 | 85 | 6 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 27.3 |
| March 23 | 290 | 415 | 32.2 | 18.8 | 34.8 | 22.0 | 58 | 33 | 190 | 12 | 1 | ... | 4 | 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | 160 | 133 | 18 | 17 | 24 | 6 | 41.2 |
| April 20 | 289 | 213 | 16.5 | 17.4 | 19.6 | 20.5 | 44 | 44 | 61 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | ... | 6 | 47 | 25 | 14 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 45.7 |
| May 18 | 275 | 177 | 13.7 | 16.8 | 16.9 | 19.4 | 46 | 15 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 53.8 |
| June 15 | 295 | 153 | 11.9 | 15.9 | 15.3 | 18.1 | 29 | 15 | 42 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 58.2 |
| July 13 | 298 | 180 | 14.0 | 15.1 | 17.8 | 18.0 | 59 | 15 | 41 | 29 | ... | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 22 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 63.4 |
| August 10 | 252 | 226 | 17.5 | 16.1 | 21.8 | 19.9 | 87 | 27 | 43 | 61 | 1 | ... | 10 | 3 | ... | ... | 47 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 61.2 |
| September 7 | 254 | 166 | 12.9 | 13.9 | 16.6 | 17.7 | 42 | 15 | 35 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ... | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 63.7 |
| October 5 | 272 | 165 | 12.8 | 13.2 | 16.4 | 16.5 | 43 | 25 | 36 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | ... | 1 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 59.9 |
| November 2 | 276 | 196 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 16.4 | 18.5 | 40 | 29 | 55 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | ... | 6 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 5 | 45.1 |
| November 30 | 270 | 203 | 15.6 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 19.8 | 46 | 45 | 46 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 2 | ... | 3 | 47 | 32 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 47.5 |
| December 28 | 225† | 179 | 13.9 | 19.0 | 17.7 | 22.2 | 44 | 22 | 32 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 33 | 22 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 39.2 |
| TOTALS | 3621 | 2748 | 16.4 | 16.9 | 19.8 | 20.1 | 624 | 327 | 784 | 322 | 33 | 27 | 89 | 39 | 15 | 1 | 118 | 574 | 414 | 99 | 253 | 181 | 61 | 49.3 |
* Maximum number during the year, and so throughout the table. † Minimum number during the year, and so throughout the table.