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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

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Age and Sex-Distribution of the Population of the Borough, in 1901 1
Ambulance Service (Asylums Board) ; The Work of the, in 1900 53
,, „ Arrangements for the Removal of Patients 54
Appendix I. Statistical Tables, Nos. VI.—XII., 1901, and 1891—1900 104
,, II. Statistical Tables, (1856—1901); Marriages, Births, Deaths, Zymotic Mortality, &c.,
(Tables A, B. C and D) 122
„ III. Housing of the Working Classes : Special Report on the 125
Asylums Board; The Work of the, in 1900 52
Asphalte; Paving of Streets 97
Bakehouses 78
Bakehouse Legislation (1868—1901); The History of 79
„ Underground; May be closed in 1904, if not "Suitable," in Construction, Light,
Ventilation, and in all other respects 82
Baths and Washhouses, Public ; Number of Washers and Bathers at the, in 1901—2 100
Births, and Birth-rate, 1856—1901 (Tables A and C) 122, 124
Births and Birth-rate in 1901 8
Births; Excess of, over Deaths 8
Births; Illegitimate 9
Borough; Development of the, since 1856, and since 1871 7
Boundary Street Scheme : Housing of the Working Classes ; Note on the 57
Brompton Consumption Hospital; Deaths at the 32
,, „ „ Country Branch for Open-air Treatment to be Established (Footnote) 42
Cancer, Malignant Disease; Deaths from 29
Census (1901), The Kensington: Notes on 3
Chicken-pox made a Notifiable Disease 21
Circulatory System; Deaths from Diseases of the 30
Cleansing of Persons Act; Practically Inoperative in the Borough 100
Combined Drainage: Sewer or Drain ? 95
Common Lodging-Houses; List of 67
„ „ „ Definition of 68
Constitutional Diseases; Deaths from 29
Consumption and other forms of Tuberculosis; The Prevention of 36
,, International Congress on 36
,, Action of the Sanitary Authority, Past and Present; in order to the Prevention of 38, 39
„ Report of the Public Health Committee on 39
,, Made Voluntarily Notifiable in Kensington 41
,, Separate Wards for, Provided at the Borough Infirmary 38
„ Asylums Board Proposed as Hospital Authority for 40
Consumption; Sanatoria for, The Need of 42
Coroner's Court; Number of Inquests held at the 33
Counter's Creek Sewer ; Nuisance and Fooding of Houses in connection with the 93,95
Cow-Houses, Licensed 87
Dairies Order ; Registration of Milk Shops, &c., by the Council as Local Authority 87
Death; Assigned Causes of (Tables, pages 18, 106) 15
„ Summary of Causes of 18
Death-Rate; In the Borough, Sub-Districts, Parliamentary Divisions and Wards 9
„ The True, in 1901 10
Annual, 1856—1901 (Tables A and C) 122,124
„ from Zymotic Diseases (Table D) 124
„ ,, ,, in the Borough, the Sub-Districts, etc., etc. 18,19
Death Rate of England and Wales ; and of Inner, Outer, and Greater London 15
„ „ of Indian and Foreign Cities 15
Deaths at Public Institutions within the Borough 31
,, at Outlying Public Institutions, etc. 32
„ of Illegitimate Children under One Year 11
Developmental Diseases; Deaths from 30
Diarrhœa; In Kensington, and in London 28
,, Classification (Amended) of Deaths Attributed to ; Recommended for use 28
,, Mortality from, in Kensington, 1856—1901 (Tables B, C and D) 123
Dietetic Diseases; Deaths from 29
Digestive System; Deaths from Diseases of the 30
Diphtheria; In Kensington, and in London, 1901 25
1871—1901 (Tables B, C and D) 123
Disinfecting Station; Proposed Borough 99
Disinfection; Cost of, in 1901 and preceding years 98
District Rates of Mortality (Table, page 18) 11
Drainage By-laws; Abstract of the Provisions of the New 68
England and Wales; Death-Rate of, in 1901 15
Enteric Fever; In Kensington, and in London 27
„ ,, Local Outbreak of 27
„ „ Mortality (Kensington); 1856—1901 (Tables B, C, D) 123