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, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year 1901
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TABLE X.
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. | |
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Small.pox | ... | ... | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.4 | |||
Measles | 29 | 109 | 18 | 108 | 33 | 173 | 33 | 120 | 24 | 98 | 74.5 | 26.3 | 77 | 29.1 | |
Scarlet Fever | 16 | 36 | 51 | 22 | 27 | 39 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 25.7 | 91 | 15 | 5.6 | |
Diphtheria | 28 | 31 | 83 | 75 | 89 | 72 | 82 | 26 | 42 | 27 | 55.5 | 19.6 | 88 | 14.3 | |
Whooping.cough | 84 | 63 | 65 | 61 | 39 | 99 | 19 | 52 | 59 | 83 | 57.4 | 208 | 62 | 23.4 | |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 | ||||
Enteric Fever | 24 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 23 | 16 | 179 | 6.3 | 11 | 4.1 | |
Simp. Continued Fever | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 0.9 | 0.3 | ... | ... | ||
Diarrhœa | 91 | 77 | 98 | 56 | 118 | 61 | 125 | 112 | 101 | 105 | 94.4 | 33.3 | 115 | 48.4 | |
TOTALS. | Kensington. | 273 | 3333 | 341 | 346 | 322 | 460 | 310 | 347 | 259 | 283 | 327 | 115.5 | 320 | 120.7 |
London. | 9,675 | 11,983 | 13,223 | 11,544 | 11,544 | 14,100 | 11,525 | 12,565 | 11,228 | 10,187 | 11,757 | 130.8 | 10,203 | 127.6 | |
England & Wales. | 53,221 | 56,032 | 78,499 | 52,771 | 64,901 | 66,936 | 67,051 | 69,714 | 69,820 | 64,059 | 68,800 | 115.2 | 66,581 | 120.7 |