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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1901
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year 1901
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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 ended | Metropolis | Borough | Sub-Districts. | Parilamentry Division | Wards | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington Town. | Brompton. | North. | South. | St. Charles. | Golborne | Nordland. | Pembridge. | Holland. | Karl's Court. | Queen's Gate. | Redcliffe. | Brompton. | |||
| January 26 | 18.5 | 16.1 | 18.4 | 9.9 | 19.4 | 12.5 | 16.0 | 18.2 | 24.3 | 19.5 | 18.4 | 12.2 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 12.8 |
| February 23 | 18.7 | 15.6 | 18.2 | 8.8 | 20.3 | 10.5 | 15.4 | 28.6 | 21.0 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 9.0 | 3.7 |
| March 23 | 18.9 | 15.5 | 17.3 | 10.7 | 20.3 | 10.2 | 26.6 | 20.2 | 17.7 | 17.4 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 6.4 | 13.2 | 9.2 |
| April 20 | 18.0 | 15.7 | 17.2 | 11.7 | 19.4 | 11.8 | 14.8 | 24.2 | 17.1 | 21.5 | 10.2 | 17.2 | 10.0 | 11.1 | 9.2 |
| May 18 | 16.6 | 12.0 | 13.1 | 9.3 | 14.1 | 9.8 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 14.8 | 7.6 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 13.2 | 5.5 |
| June 15 | 14.7 | 13.1 | 15.7 | 6.1 | 16.7 | 9.2 | 15.4 | 16.7 | 22.7 | 11.4 | 12.7 | 9.3 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 10.1 |
| July 13 | 14.1 | 11.1 | 12.8 | 6.4 | 14.4 | 7.3 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 15.4 | 8.3 | 6.5 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 5.5 |
| August 10 | 18.3 | 15.4 | 18.1 | 8.3 | 21.9 | 8.5 | 22.5 | 20.2 | 27.6 | 16.8 | 12.7 | 9.3 | 1.8 | 6.2 | 11.0 |
| September 7 | 18.6 | 14.9 | 17.3 | 8.5 | 20.2 | 9.2 | 24.8 | 19.7 | 24.9 | 10.1 | 8.3 | 10.8 | 10.0 | 6.9 | 11.0 |
| October 5 | 15.3 | 11.5 | 13.3 | 6.7 | 15.2 | 7.4 | 14.2 | 16.3 | 17.7 | 12.1 | 10.2 | 9.3 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 8.2 |
| November 2 | 16.1 | 14.7 | 15.2 | 13.3 | 17.5 | 11.7 | 12.4 | 17.7 | 25.4 | 13.4 | 10.8 | 17.2 | 6.4 | 11.1 | 11.9 |
| November 30 | 20.6 | 19.8 | 23.2 | 10.7 | 26.1 | 13.0 | 21.9 | 31.1 | 29.8 | 19.5 | 17.8 | 14.4 | 10.9 | 12.5 | 7.3 |
| December 28 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 22.2 | 11.8 | 25.4 | 12.9 | 17.1 | 29.6 | 33.2 | 19.5 | 14.6 | 15.8 | 10.0 | 13.9 | 8.2 |
SUMMARY OF VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS, KENSINGTON.
In the table on page 13 the principal vital and mortal statistics of the year have been
arranged in 13 four-weekly periods corresponding to the dates of the monthly reports, the
maxima and minima being indicated by distinctive type.
We have already seen that the birth-rate in 1901, 20.4 per 1,000, was 1.2 below the
decennial average, and that the death-rate, 15.0 per 1,000, was 1.6 below the decennial average
(16.6). There were, as usual, considerable fluctuations in the death-rate at different periods
of the year; the rate ranging between the minimum (11.1) in the seventh four-weekly period
ended July 13th, and the maximum (19.8) in the tenth period ended November 30th. The rate
was, in six four-weekly periods below, and in seven above, the average for the year. The
deaths in the first half of the year (1,273) were 104 fewer than those in the second half (1,377),
the death-rate in the two half periods being 14.4 and 15.6 respectively. There was a marked
difference in the proportion of deaths from the principal diseases of the zymotic class, the number
in the first half year having been only 100, compared with 220 in the second half ; the excess
being due to the prevalence of diarrhoea and measles in the latter period. The deaths from the
first named disease, January to June inclusive, were 10 only, those in the latter half of the year
being 105. Measles, the cause of 5 deaths only in the first half, proved fatal to 71 persons in
the second. The deaths from the zymotic diseases (320) were 37 more than in 1900, but 21 below
the decennial average (341). The deaths from diseases of the respiratory organs (511) were 31
fewer than in 1900, and 161 below the number in 1899. The deaths from diseases of the heart
were 215, those from phthisis 234, and those from tubercular diseases in children under five
years of age, 45.
The mean temperature of the air at Greenwich during the year was approximately 49.2°
Fahr., the means of the four quarters successively, being 37.8, 53.4, 61.7 and 43.9.