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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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Scarlet Fever Cases Recorded in Kensington in 1895, and in Ten Previous Years, in Thirteen Four-Weekly Periods
| The Year. | Weeks. 1-4 | Weeks. 5-8 | Weeks. 9-12 | Weeks. 13-16 | Weeks. 17-20 | Weeks. 21-24 | Weeks. 25-28 | Weeks. 29-32 | Weeks. 33-36 | Weeks. 37-40 | Weeks 41-44 | Weeks. 45-48 | Weeks. 49-52 | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 33 | 39 | 40 | 24 | 63 | 91 | 62 | 66 | 525* |
| 1894 | 59 | 31 | 27 | 40 | 28 | 21 | 26 | 23 | 30 | 28 | 31 | 15 | 25 | 390 |
| 1893 | 45 | 60 | 38 | 34 | 56 | 84 | 84 | 110 | 67 | 113 | 117 | 88 | 61 | 957 |
| 1892 | 28 | 23 | 20 | 34 | 51 | 39 | 73 | 74 | 59 | 97 | 85 | 82 | 50 | 715 |
| 1891 | 38 | 47 | 18 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 27 | 17 | 31 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 323 |
| 1890 | 10 | 32 | 17 | 23 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 42 | 71 | 49 | 38* | 375 |
| 1889 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 26 | 19 | 25 | 29 | 41 | 33 | 252 |
| 1888 | 46 | 40 | 29 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 252 |
| 1887 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 31 | 14 | 55 | 115 | 92 | 64 | 34 | 465 |
| 1886 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 100 |
| 1885 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 110 |
| Average 1885-94 | 26.9 | 28.0 | 18.3 | 19.4 | 24.1 | 23.6 | 28.2 | 31.9 | 30.0 | 48.3 | 47.3 | 39.3 | 28.7 | 563† |
* Return comprises five weeks. † Without correction for increase in population.
Note.—Compulsory Notification has been in operation since October, 1889.