Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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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(B) Table OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS COMING TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE Medical Officer of Health, During the Yaer 1895, In the Parish of Kensington, in the Metropolitan District; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics: Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. (a) | Population at all Ages. | Registered Birth. (d) | Aged under 5 or over 5. (e) | New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the Knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health. | Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the Several Localities For Treatment in Isolation Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Census 1891. (b) | Estimated to middle of 1895 (c) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||
Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fever. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fever | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | |||||||||||||
Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Typhus | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerpueral. | |||||||||||||||||
Kensington Town Sub-District | 116583 | 116982 | 2929 | Under 5 | ... | 145 | 125 | 6 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 22 | ... | 94 | 89 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
5 upwds. | 4 | 288 | 161 | 2 | ... | 63 | 2 | ... | 5 | ... | 133 | 3 | 205 | 114 | 1 | ... | 31 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ||||
Brompton Sub-District | 47351 | 48244 | 569 | Under 5 | ... | 25 | 27 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 15 | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
5 upwds. | 1 | 63 | 48 | 2 | ... | 28 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 19 | ... | 40 | 30 | ... | ... | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ||||
Kensington Infirmary and Workhouse | 1355 | 1355 | 123 | Under 5 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
5 upwds. | 3 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 7 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 89 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
St.Marylebonelnfirmary | 813 | 813 | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
5 upwds. | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Brompton Hospital | 206 | 206 | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Total | 166308 | 167000 | 3621 | Under 5 | ... | 171 | 153 | 9 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 28 | ... | 110 | 106 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
5 upwds. | 10 | 354 | 212 | 4 | ... | 98 | 2 | ... | 7 | ... | 241 | 8 | 248 | 146 | 1 | ... | 42 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 |