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usual, the deaths in the Brompton sub-district (50) were fewer
in proportion to population than those in the Town subdistrict
(272). The deaths from these diseases were equal to
117 per 1,000 deaths from all causes in Kensington (Metropolis
133), and to a rate of 1.9 per 1,000 persons living (2.28
in the Town sub-district, and 100 in the Brompton subdistrict),
the rate in the Metropolis, as a whole, being 2.64
The decennial average rate was 2.8 for London, and 1.9 for
Kensington.
The zymotic death-rate in the seven sanitary districts
(as previously defined) was, approximately, as follows : —
North District; 84 deaths, equal to 2-7 per 1,000 persons living.
North-East District; 28 deaths, equal to 1.3 per 1,000.
North-West District " A " ; 30 deaths, equal to 2.3 per 1,000.
North-West District " B ; 90 deaths, equal to 5.7 per 1,000.
Central District; 23 deaths, equal to 1.1 per 1,000.
South-East District; 25 deaths, equal to 0.7 per 1,000.
Sonth-West District; 42 deaths, equal to 1.3 per 1,000.
The significance of the above figures is unmistakeable,
but it has already been referred to in connection with the
section on " District-rates of Mortality," at page 12.
In England and Wales the deaths from these diseases
were 114 in each 1,000 deaths, and the rate was 2.14 per 1,000
persons living, the decennial average being about 2.5 per
1,000. In the 32 Cities and Boroughs grouped by the
Registrar-General with the Metropolis, the zymotic death-rate,
averaged 2.44 per 1,000. ranging from 1.20 at Huddersfield,
to 5.63 at Blackburn.
The Table at page 21 shows the distribution of deaths in
Kensington from the principal diseases of the zymotic class
registered in thirteen four-weekly periods corresponding with
my monthly reports.