Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1899
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN KENSINGTON FROM THE PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES, 1873 to 1897. Arranged in Quinquennial Periods. (Vide page 27).
| Quinquennial Period. | Diseases. | Population. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | WhoopingCough. | Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Totals. | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| 1873 to 1877 | 93 | 364 | 215 | 87 | 354 | 185 | 589 | 1887 | 142,100 |
| 1878 to 1882 | 114 | 332 | 333 | 109 | 577 | 152 | 542 | 2159 | 160,600 |
| 1883 to 1887 | 53 | 346 | 108 | 133 | 391 | 101 | 490 | 1622 | 164,500 |
| 1888 to 1892 | ... | 416 | 132 | 294 | 366 | 99 | 375 | 1682 | 166,100 |
| 1893 to 1897 | 9* | 365 | 168 | 401 | 283 | 95 | 458 | 1779 | 169,300 |
| Totals | 269 | 1823 | 956 | 1024 | 1971 | 632 | 2454 | 9129 | ... |
*All of these nine deaths occurred in 1893, since which year no death from small-pox has been registered in Kensington.