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higher in the Town sub-district (17.1 per 1,000) than in the Brompton sub-district (9.4), and
the same observation applies to the parliamentary division of North Kensington (19.4), compared
with the southern division of the borough (10.3). In each of the wards in North Kensington,
viz., Pembridge (15.8), St. Charles (17.5), Golborne (20.8), and Norland (22.4), the
death-rate exceeded that of the borough as a whole (15.0 per 1,000). The rate in each of the
wards in South Kensington was more or less largely below the rate for the borough as a whole.
In the Notting-dale special area (estimated population, 4,000) the death rate was 48.5 per 1,000,
compared with 22.4 in the Norland Ward, in which it is comprised. The zymotic death-rate
was 9.2 per 1,000 persons living, and more than five-fold that of the borough as a whole. The
deaths at all ages were 82 more than the births ; the deaths of children under one year of
age being in the proportion of 411 per 1,000 on the births registered. The main facts with
respect to the vital and mortal statistics of this distressful area, in 1901, are summarised below.
"NOTTING-DALE" SPECIAL AREA.
vital and mortal statistics, 1901.
(The corresponding statistics for the five preceding years are added for comparison.)
1901. 1900. 1899. 1898. 1897. 189G.
Population (Estimated) 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 3,740
Births 112 113 120 117 130 118
Birth-rate 28.0 28.2 30.0 29.3 32.5 316 per 1,000 persons living.
Deaths 194 163 236 182 223 187
Death-rate 48.5 40.7 59.0 45.5 55.7 50.0 per 1,000 per111sons living.
Infantilb Mortality.
Deaths under one year
of age 46.411 478 508 419 431 432 per 1,000 births registered.
Zymotic Diseases.
Deaths from the Seven
Principal 37 18 12 22 25 30
Death-rate from ditto 9.2 4.5 3.0 5.5 6.3 8.0 per 1,000 persons living.
Causes of Death.—In 22 cases Measles ; in 10 cases Diarrhœa; in 3 cases Whooping-cough; and
in one case each, Diphtheria, and Typhus Fever.
Among the other principal causes of death were—diseases of the nervous system, 11 deaths;
diseases of the respiratory system, 41 deaths; diseases of the circulatory system, 8 deaths ; other visceral
diseases, 13 deaths ; tubercular diseases, 40 deaths (including 30 from consumption) ; wasting diseases
of infants, 8 deaths; cancer, 4 deaths; syphilis, 4 deaths; violence, 11 deaths, including 3 of infants
from suffocation. Three deaths of infants prematurely born were registered, and 4 deaths from old
age. Inquests were held in 25 cases, or nearly 13 per cent, of the deaths, the inquest rate in the
Borough as a whole being 8.8 per cent.
The annual Death-rate per 1,000 persons living, in thirteen successive four-weekly periods,
was:—
(1) 520 (2) 39.0 (3) 29.2 (4) 39.0 (5) 22.7 (6) 55.2 (7) 39.0
(8) 61.7 (9) 42.2 (10) 29.2 (11) 39.0 (12) 74.7 (13) 107.2
One hundred and six of the deaths occurred at the homes of the deceased persons, 78 at the
Borough Infirmary (nearly a sixth of the total deaths at this Institution—497), and 10 at other Public
Institutions: 25 of the deaths were of persons who had previously resided at common lodging-houses
in the Area; but only two of these deaths took place at common lodging-houses.
The deaths comprise 104 of males and 90 of females.
The ages at death were; under five years of age, 89 (including 46 under one year); between
5 and 20 years, 13 deaths; between 20 and 60 years, 62 deaths; at 60 years and upwards, 30 deaths.
The deaths were connected with streets as follows: Bangor Street, 44 deaths; Crescent Street,
41 deaths; St. Katharine's Road, 69 deaths; Kenley Street, 20 deaths; Sirdar Road, 20 deaths.