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Kensington 1901

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year 1901

Published
1902
Author
Dudfield, T. Orme.
Pages
133
Tables
76

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  • Page 4
    The subjoined table exhibits the AGE AND SEX-DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION.
    Ages.Persons.Males.Females.
  • Page 5
    Summary of the Preceding Table.
    Population at all Ages.Under Five Years.6 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 to 95.95 and upwards.All Ages.
  • Page 5
    Particulars of Houses, and of Population of the Wards.
    Name of Ward.Houses.Population.
    Inhabited.Uninhabited.Build-ing.Persons.Males.Females.
    In Occupation.Not in Occupation.
  • Page 5
    The subjoined table sets out the particulars as to Area, Houses, and Population, of the two Parliamentary Divisions:—
    Parliamentary Divisions.Area in statute acrcs.Houses, 1901.Population.
    In-habited.Uninhabited.Building1891.1901.
    In occu-pation.Sot in oc-cupation.Persons.Persons.Males.Females.
  • Page 6
    Number and Population of Tenements of less than Five Rooms.
    Tenements of—Number.Population.
  • Page 6
    Number of Persons per Tenement.
    Number of Tenements.Persons per Tenement.
    123456789101112
  • Page 6
    The subjoined table exhibits the growth of population during the nineteenth century:—
    The Year.Population.
  • Page 7
    Rateable Value.—The growth or development of the Borough during the last 78 years is evidenced by the subjoined table, Showing the increase in rateable value. The present total is about one-sixteenth of that of the Administrative County of London.
    Rateable Value of Property.The Year.
  • Page 7
    Population, Number of Inhabited Houses, and Rateable Value.—The following table, brought up to date, exhibits the growth of the borough since the Metropolis Local Management Act came into operation, in 1856 :—
    1856.1901.Increase in 45 years.
  • Page 7
    The increase in all respects within the last thirty years, 1871-1901, the period over which my official experience extends, was very considerable, as the subjoined figures show:—
    1871.1901.Increase in 30 years.
  • Page 9
    The subjoined table shows the quarterly number of births of males and females in the borough, and in each of the sub-districts:—
    Kensington TownBrompton.
  • Page 9
    The subjoined table shows the population, the number of births, and the birth-rate for each of the ten years 1891-1900, prior to the recent alterations in the boundaries of the borough:—
    The Year.Population.Total Births.Males.Females.Birth-rate per 1.000.
  • Page 11
    The subjoined table shows the quarterly number of deaths of males and females, in the borough, and in each of the sub-districts.
    Kensington Town.Brompton.The Borough.
    Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.Total.
  • Page 13
    Death-rate in the Metropolis, and in Kensington, and in certain Districts of the Borough, during the thirteen four-weekly periods ended december 28th, and in the registration Year, 1901. (See page 11.)
    Four weeks endedMetropolisBoroughSub-Districts.Parilamentry DivisionWards
    Kensington Town.Brompton.North.South.St. Charles.GolborneNordland.Pembridge.Holland.Karl's Court.Queen's Gate.Redcliffe.Brompton.
  • Page 14
    Summary of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of the Royal Borough of Kensington, 1901. (See page 13.)
    During the Four Weeks endedBirths.Deaths.Death-rate.Deaths at AgesDeaths from Zymotic Diseases.Deaths from Diseases ok Respiratory System.Deaths from Phthisis.Deaths from Heart Disease.Deaths under Five from Tubercular Disease.Mean Temperature.
    Kensington.London.
    1901.Decennial Average.1901.Decennial Average.0—1.1—5.60 and up-wards.Totals.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-Cough.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Simple continued Fever.Diarrhoea.Totals.Bronchitis.Pneumonia.
  • Page 15
    The subjoined table shows the annual death-rate per 1,000 persons living in each of the last eleven years, in Kensington, in London, and in England and Wales:—
    1901.1900.1899.1898.1897.1896.1895.1894.1893.1892.1891.
  • Page 16
    TABLE I. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) For Whole District.
    Year. 1Population estimated to Middle of each Year. 2Births.Deaths under One Year of AgeDeaths at all Ages. Total.Deaths in Public Institu-tions. 9Deaths of Non-residents registered in District. 10Deaths of Residents registered beyond District. 11Deaths ages.at all Nett.
    Number. 3Rate.* 4Number 5Rate per 1,000 Births registered. 6Number. 7Rate.* 8Number. 12Rate.* 13
  • Page 17
    TABLE II. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.)
    Names of Localities.Kensington.Kensington Town.Brompton.
    year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all ages.Deaths under 1 year.Populauou estimated to middle of each Tear.Births registered.Deaths at all ages.Deaths under 1 year.
  • Page 17
    TABLE IV. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Causes of, and Ages at. Death during the Year 1901.
    Caused of death.Deaths in whole District at subjoined ages.Deaths in Local-ties (at all ages).Deaths in Public Institutions.
    All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 6.5 and under 15.16 and under 2525 and under fin.65 and upwards.Ken-sington Town.Brornpton.
  • Page 18
    The subjoined table, being a Summary of Table VIII. (Table III. in annual reports prior to 1900: vide Appendix I, page 106), shows the number of deaths from diseases in the several Classes and Orders of the classification of the Registrar-General, referred to in the following pages.
    CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
    Order.No. of Deaths.
  • Page 18
    The subjoined table shows the number of deaths from the several diseases, in the sub-districts, occurring at-home, and at outlying public institutions, &c.:—
    Disease.Sub-Districts.In Hospital.Total Deaths.Decennial Average.
    Town.Brompton.Town.Brompton.Uncorrected.Corrected for increase of Population.
  • Page 24
    Scarlet Fever in 1901.
    Report for four weeks endedNo. of Notifications.No. of cases admitted to Hospitals.No. of Deaths. Kensington. London.No. of cases. in Hospital at the end of the period.
    Kensington.London.Kensington.London.
  • Page 24
    Scarlet Fever in 1900.
    Report for four weeks endedNo.of Notifications.No. of cases admitted to Hospitals.No. of Deaths.No.of cases in Hospital at the end of the period.
    Kensington.LondonKensington.London.Kensington.London.
  • Page 25
    Scarlet Fever Cases recorded in Kensington in 1901, and in the Ten Preceding Tears,
    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.
  • Page 25
    Statistics of Scarlet Fever in Kensington in 1901, and in the Ten Preceding Years.
    The Year.No. of Recorded Cases.Total Number of Recorded Case9.Percentage of Removals to total Recorded Cases.Deaths.Percentage of Deaths.Percent-age of Deaths to Recorded Cases.Deaths in London from Scarlet Fever.
    Treated at Home.Removed to Hospital.At Home.In HospitalsTotal Deaths.At Home.In Hospitals,
  • Page 26
    Diphtheria in 1901.
    Report for four weeks endedNo. of Notifications.No. of cases admitted to Hospital.No. of Deaths.No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period.
    Kensington.London.Kensington.London.Kensington.London.
  • Page 26
    Particulars with Reference to Diphtheria in Kensington, in 1901.
    Set out in Report for Four weeks endedTotal Cases Recorded.Cases Recorded in North Kensington.*Cases Recorded in South Kensington.*Cases removed to Hospital fromDeaths (28 in Hospitals).
    North Kensington.South Kensington.North Kensington.South Kensington.
  • Page 31
    SUMMARY OF CAUSES OF DEATH, 1901.
    DISEASES.Under 1 year.Between 1 year and 60 years.At 60 years and upwards.Total.
  • Page 34
    The actual figures, showing loss, both for town and country, during the fourteen years 1885-98, as set out in the report of the Local Government Board for 1900-1901, are as follows—
    Metropolis. Cases lost.Rest of England. Cases lost.Metropolis. Cases lost.Rest of England. Cases lost.
  • Page 35
    35 Vaccination Officer's Return respecting the Vaccination op Children whose Births were Registered in 1900.* (Vide page 33.)
    DATE.Registration Sub-Districts comprised in Vaccination Officer's District.Number of Births returned in Birth List Sheets.Number of these Births duly entered in Columns 1, 2, 4, and 5 of the Vaccination Register (Birth List Sheets), viz.:Number of these Births which are not entered in the Vaccination Register, on account, (as shown by Report Book) of
    Column II.Removed to otherDistricts and notified to Vaccina-tion Officers of the Districts.Removal to places unknown, or which cannot be reached, and cases not having been found.Total Number of Certificates of Successful Vaccinations received during each of the Calendar Years
    Column I. Success-fully Vaccinated.Insuscep-tible of Vaccination.Certificate of Conscien-tious Objection.Column V. Dead, Unvacci-nated.Postpone-ment by Medical Certificate.
    1900.121900.1901.*
    346789101213
  • Page 47
    The cases notified in London, 40,361, were 5,057 more than in 1900. Ihe notifications of each of the scheduled diseases during the twelve years, 1890-1901, are set out in the subjoined table—
    Year.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Relapsing Fever.Total.
  • Page 48
    Cases of Infectious Disease notified to the several Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health, under the provisions of the Public Health (London), Act, 1891, in the Fifty-two Weeks ended Saturday, 28th December, 1901.
    Name of District.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Totals.Population, 1901.
  • Page 49
    Table showing the number of Cases of Infectious Disease Notified in Kensington and in London, in 1901 Arranged in four-weekly periods.
    Date of Report. For Four Weeks endedWeeks of the Year.KENSINGTON.LONDON.Weeks of the Year.Date of Report. For Four Weeks ended.
    Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Total.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.either Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup. 'Cholera.Total.
  • Page 50
    TABLE III. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1901.
    Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in Kensington.Total Cases Notified in each Sub-District.Number of Cases removed to Hospital from each Sub-District.
    At all Ages.At Ages—Years.Kensington Town.Brompton.Kensington Town.Brompton.
    Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.
  • Page 50
    Table showing the Notifications, in 1901, in the Borough, the Sub-Districts, the Parliamentary Divisions, and the Wards.
    Area.Smallpox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Totals.Population.Notifications per 1,000 of the population.
  • Page 51
    TABLE V.* Comparison of Prevalence op Sickness and Death from Infectious Diseases. (Rates calculated per 1,000 persons on the population estimated to the middle of each year.)
    Year.Small-pox.Erysipelas.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Scarlet Fever.Typhus Fever.Enteric and Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.
    Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.
  • Page 56
    "Return showing the permanent Fever Hospital Accommodation existing and projected:—
    (i.) Accommodation existing—Beds.
  • Page 56
    " For Small-pox Patients the existing accommodation is as follows:—
    Beds.
  • Page 65
    South Kensington.
    Name of Street.Number of Houses in Street.N umber of Houses Registered.Number of Houses not Registered.
  • Page 66
    North Kensington.
    Name of Street.Number of Houses in Street.Number of Houses Registered.Number of Houses not Registered.
  • Page 67
    COMMON LODGING-HOUSES.
    Sanitary District.Name of Keeper.Address of Common Lodging- House.No. of Single Lodgers, for which registered, in 1901.No. of Double Beds Authorised.
    Male.Female.Total.
  • Page 73
    Without further preface I submit the report of the lady inspectors as follows: — "We have the honour to present our report for the year1901. At the beginning of the year818 workshops, &c., where women are employed, were on the register. During the year 167 new premises were placed on the register, and96 were removed therefrom. The particulars are as follows:—
    Workshops, &c.North Kensington.South Kensington.Total for Borough.
    Dress-makers.Laun-dries.Miscel-laneous.Total.Dress-makers.Laun-dries.Miscel-laneous.Total.
  • Page 73
    "The net result for the year, therefore, is an increase of 11 registered premises in North Kensington, and of 60 in South Kensington: total increase for whole Borough, 71. At the end of the year, 869 places (comprising an aggregate of 1,817 rooms) were on the register, viz:—
    Workshops, &c.North Kensington.South Kensington.Total for Borough.
    Dressmakers.Laundries.Miscellaneous.Total.Dressmakers.Laundries.Miscellaneous.Total.
  • Page 74
    "The subjoined table comprises the businesses at present registered at which women are employed—
    Trade or Business.North Kensington.South Kensington.Total for Borough.
  • Page 77
    Appended to the Inspectors' report is the subjoined table, setting out certain particulars of the work of the year, so far as this admits of tabulation— FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACTS, 1878-1895. Summary of the Work of the Lady Inspectors in 1901.
    North Kensington.South Kensington.
    Dressmakers.Laundries.Miscellaneous.Total.Dressmakers.Laundries.Miscellaneous.Total.
  • Page 84
    Metropolitan Sanitary Inspectors, 1898 and 1901. (See page 83.)
    Metropolitan Boroughs.Enumerated population 1901 (preliminary census.)Number of sanitary inspectors.*Increase (+ ) or Decrease (—) in 1901 compared with 1898.Population to each sanitary inspector.
    1898.1901.1898.1901.
  • Page 85
    Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year 1901. (See page 83.)
    Sanitary Districts.No. of Complaints made by Inhabitants, 4c.No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected.No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c.Results of Inspection.House Drains.Water Closets.Dust ReceptaclesWater Supply.Miscellaneous.
    Written Intimations of Nuisance served.1Notices served by order of the Sanitary Committee.Notices served under the Lodging-House By-laws.Final Notices (signed by Medical Officer) served.Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, W hitewashed, &c.Houses disinfected after illness: Infectious disease.!Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Ventilated, Trapped, &c.Repairs, &c.Supplied with Separate Water Service.Soil-pipes Ventilated.New provided.Repaired, Covered, 4c.Cisterns erected.Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, &c.Waste-pipes connected with Drains, 4c., abolished.No. of Lodging Houses newly Registered under 94th Section of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.Yards and Areas paved and drained.Animals removed, being improperly kept.Regularly Inspected.Legal proceedings, i.e., Summonses.
    Bakehouses.Licensed Cow-houses.Licensed Slaughter-houses.
  • Page 89
    The following statement shows the work done in giving effect to the by-law: —
    North Kensington.South Kensington.Total.
  • Page 97
    PUBLIC MORTUARY. Bodies were deposited at the Mortuary during the year to the number of 295, upon application, as follows:—
  • Page 99
    Cases of Infectious Disease occurring in Tenements of less than Four Rooms, during the Years 1894-1901.
    The Tear.In Three Room Tenements.In Two Room Tenements.In One Room Tenements.Total.
  • Page 99
    Cases of Infectious Disease occurring in One Room Tenements.
    The Year.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Typhus Fever.Typhoid Fever.Total.
  • Page 104
    TABLE VI. (Table I. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, and Deaths, in 1901, and in the ten preceding years: gross numbers.
    The Year.Estimated Population.1No. of Inhabited Houses.†Marriages.Registered Births.Total, all Ages.‡Deaths.At Public Institutions. §
    Under One Year.Under Five Years.
  • Page 105
    Showing the Annual Birth.rate and Death.rate; Death.rate of Children; and proportion of Deaths at Public Institutions to 1,000 Deaths, for the year 1901 and the ten preceding years.
    The Tear. •Birth.rate per 1,000 of the Population.Death.rate per 1.000 of the Population.Deaths of Children under one year; per 1,000 of Regis. tered Births.Deaths of Children under one year; per 1,000 of Total Deaths.Deaths of Children under five years; per 1,000 of Total Deaths.Deaths at Public Institutions; Per 1,000 of Total Deaths.*
  • Page 105
    TABLE IX. (Table IV. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing tde number of Deatds in tde Borough at all ages, in 1901, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 of Population, and to 1,000 Deatds from all causes: also tde number of Deatds of Infants under one year of age from otder groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 Birtds, and to 1,000 Deatds from all causes under one year.
    Division I. (At all Ages.)Total Deatds.Deatds per 1,000 of Population.Deatds per 1,000 of Total Deatds.
  • Page 106 107
    TABLE VIII. (Table III. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Deaths registered from all causes in the Year 1901. (Exclusive of the Deaths of Non.Parishioners at Public Institutions within the Borough, but inclusive of the Deaths of Parishioners at Public Institutions, &c., without the Borough.) For a Summary of this Table, see page 18.
    AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total all Ages.Sub.district.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.O to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.Kensing. ton Town.Brompton
  • Page 108 109
    TABLE VIII.—continued.
    AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total all Ages.Sub.district.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.O to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.Kensing. ton Town.Brompton
  • Page 110
    TABLE VIII.—continued.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total all Ages.Sub.- district.
    Censing. ton Town.Bronpton.
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 15.45 to 55.55 to 65.(55 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards
  • Page 111
    TABLE X. (Table V. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing the Number of Deaths from the Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class in the ten years, 1891.1900, and in the year 1901.
    Diseases.1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.Annual Average of ten years, 1891.1900.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from all causes in ten years, 1891.1900.Deaths in 1901.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from all causes in 1901.
  • Page 112
    TABLE XI. (Table VII. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing the Death.- rate per 1,000 persons living; the Rate per 1,000 from the principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class; and the proportion of Deaths from these Diseases to total Deaths, in Kensington and in all London; in 1901, and in the ten preceding years, 1891.1900.
    The Year.Deaths per 1,000 living.Total Deaths from seven principal Zymotic Diseases. Kensington.Annual rate of mortality per 1,000 living, from seven principal Zymotic Diseases.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths, from seven principal Zymotic Diseases.The Year.
    Kensington.London.Kensington.London.Kensington.London.
  • Page 112
    TABLE XII. (Table VIII. in preceding Annual Reports.) Comparative Analysis of the Mortality in all London, and in Kensington, in 1901.
    Annual Death.rate per 1,000 living, from all causes.Annual Death.rate per 1,000 living, from seven principal Zymotic diseases.Percentage of Deaths under 1 year to Births Registered.Percentage of Deaths to Total Deaths.
    Under 1 year of age.At 60 years of age and upwards.From seven principal Zymotic diseases.From Violence.Registered upon infor-mation of Coroners. (Inquests.)Registered at Public Institu-tions.*Uncertified
  • Page 113
    TABLE XIII. (Table IX. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Names of Streets, etc., in the Registration Sub.Districts, and in the Wards in which occurred the 320 fatal cases of the Principal Zymotic Diseases during the year 1901. The Registration Sub.Districts are Kensington Town (= K T), and Brompton (= B). The Wards, with their abbreviations, are St. Charles (= St. C), Golborne (= G), Norland (= N), Pembridge (= P), Holland (= H), Earl's Court (= E C), Queen's Gate (= Q G), Redcliffe (= R), Brompton (= B).
    Street or Place.Registration Sub- .District.Ward.Small- pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.W hooping-cough.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
  • Page 114
    TABLE XIII.—continued.
  • Page 115
    TABLE XIII.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub. District.Ward.Small. pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-cough.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
  • Page 116
    TABLE XIV. (Table IXa. in preceding Annual Reports.) Names of Streets, etc., in the Registration Sub.Districts, and in the Wards, from which the 1,025 cases of Infectious Disease were notified, under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during the year 1901. The Registration Sub-Districts are Kensington Town (= K T), and Brompton (= B). The Wards, with their abbreviations, are St. Charles (= St. (J), Golborne (= G), Norland (=N), Pembridge, (= P), Holland (= H), Earl's Court (= E C), Queen's Gate (= Q G), Redcliffe (= R), Brompton(= B).
    Street or Place.Registration Sub.District.Ward.Small.pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Total.
  • Page 117
    TABLE XIV.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Total.
  • Page 118
    TABLE XIV.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub.District.Ward.Small.pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Total.
  • Page 119
    TABLE XIV.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub.District.Ward.Small.pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Total.
  • Page 120
    TABLE XIV.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Total.
  • Page 121
    TABLE XIV.—continued.
    Stueet or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Small-pox.Scarret Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever..Typhus Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Total.
  • Page 122
    APPENDIX II. TABLE A. Population of Kensington, 1856-1901; Marriages, and Marriage-rate (1871-1901); Births, and Birth-rate ; Deaths, and Death-rate (1855-1901); and Infantile Mortality (1870-1901).
    The Year.Population.Marriages.Marriage Rate.Births.Birth Rate.Deaths.Death Rate.Deaths under One Year.Deaths under One Year per 1,000 Births Registered.
    Kensington.London.Kensington.London.
  • Page 123
    TABLE B. Annual Number of Deaths in Kensington from the Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class (1856-1901); and Zymotic Death-rate, in Kensington, and in London.
    The Year.Population.Deaths from the Seven Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class.Zymotic Death-rate.
    Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhœa.Total.Per 1,000 persons living.Deaths, per 1,000 Deaths from all Causes, Kensington.
    Typhus.Enteric.Simple Continued.Kensington.London.
  • Page 124
    TABLE C. Births, and Birth-rate; Deaths, and Death-rate; Deaths from the Seven Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class ; and Zymotic Death-rate, in Kensington, 1856-1900: Arranged in Quinquennial Periods.
    Quinquennial Period.Deaths From Zymotic Diseases.Zymotic Deathrate, per 1,000 persons living.
    Births.Birthrate.Deaths.Death rate.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaWhoopingCough.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Simple Continued Fever.Diarrhœa.Total.
  • Page 124
    TABLE D. Death-rate in Kensington, per 1,000 persons living, from each of the Seven Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class; Arranged, also, in two groups; viz. (1) The four notifiable infectious diseases—Small-pox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, and "Fever"; and (2) The three non-notifiable diseases—Measles, WhcopingCough, and Diarrhœa.
    Quinquennial Period.1234567Death-rate per 1,000 from—
    Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet F ever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough."Fever."Diarrhœa.The Seven Diseases.The Four Notifiable ]nfectious Diseases. (Columns 1, 3, 4, and 6.)The Three Non-notifiable Infectious Distages. (Columns 2, 5, and 7.)
  • Page 126
    The interest of the inquiry centres in the occupancy of the tenements of one and two rooms, which was as follows:—
    Cases in the North District.Cases in the NorthEast District.Cases in the Northwest District.Casts in the Central District.Cases in the SouthEast District.Cases in the Southwest District.Total.
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    Addendum B. Detailed Results of the Inquiry. (See par. 1, page 125.)
    STREET.No. of Houses dealt with.No. of Houses with Resident Occupier.Houses let in Tenements.Average No. of Rooms in House.Aggregate No. of Rooms in Houses.No. of Lodgings or separately let Tenements.No. of Persons in Houses.Male Heads of Families, and other Adult Male Lodgers.Female Heads of Families, and other Adult Female Lodgers.Children.No. of One-room Tenements.Weekly Rent (range) of Unfurnished Room.No. of Persons over 12.No. of Children under 12.No. of Two-room Tenements.Weekly Rent (range) of Unfurnished Rooms.No. of Persons over 12.No. of Children under 12.No. of Three-room Tenements.Weekly Rent (range) of Unfurnished Rooms.No. of Persons over 12.No. of Children under 12.No. of Four or more Room Tenements.Weekly Rent (range) of Unfurnished Rooms.No. of Persons over 12.No. of Children under 12.Single Lodgers in occupation of Tenements.No. of Houses Registered.No. of Empty Rooms.
    Male.Female.
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    Particulars as to occupation of rooms:—
    BASEMENT.GROUND FLOOR.FIRST FLOOR.TOP FLOOR.