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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During the Four Weeks ended | Births. | Deaths. | Death-rate. | Deaths at Ages | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. | Deaths from Diseases ok Respiratory System. | Deaths from Phthisis. | Deaths from Heart Disease. | Deaths under Five from Tubercular Disease. | Mean Temperature. | ||||||||||||||||
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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. | |||||||
January 26 | 273 | 219 | 161 | 219 | 18.5 | 24.4 | 41 | 28 | 71 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 60 | 44 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 39.2 |
February 23 | 292 | 213 | 15.6 | 18.3 | 18.7 | 21.4 | 45 | 19 | 78 | 16 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 60 | 46 | 7 | 16 | 3 | ||
March 23 | 266 | 211 | 15.5 | 19.7 | 18.9 | 22.1 | 38 | 30 | 56 | 17 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 46 | 34 | 9 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 40.8 |
April 20 | 277 | 214 | 15.7 | 17.2 | 18.0 | 19.9 | 55 | 25 | 64 | 28 | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 40 | 27 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 43.0 |
May 18 | 295 | 164 | 12.0 | 16.2 | 16.6 | 18.5 | 35 | 10 | 55 | ... | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 50.7 | ||
June 15 | 271 | 178 | 131 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 17.4 | 16 | 61 | 11 | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | .. | 3 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 57.9 | |
July 13 | 274 | 14.4 | 28 | 11 | 49 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 61.9 | ||||||||
August 10 | 302 | 210 | 15.4 | 16.9 | 18.3 | 20.5 | 74 | 19 | 58 | 54 | ... | 1 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 47 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 64.9 | ||
September 7 | *310 | 203 | 14.9 | 14.1 | 18.6 | 18.8 | 76 | 16 | 46 | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 36 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 59.9 | ||||
Oct.00ober 5 | 268 | 156 | 11.5 | 15.3 | 35 | 53 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 10 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 58.0 | |||
November 2 | 275 | 200 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 16.1 | 17.6 | 33 | 24 | 56 | 16 | ... | 10 | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 48.9 | |
„ 30 | 264 | 269 | 19.8 | 15.9 | 20 .6 | 19.0 | 50 | 31 | 88 | 35 | 22 | 3 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 73 | 55 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 1 | 41.0 | |
December 28 | 263 | 19.3 | 18.8 | 19.3 | 21.0 | 47 | 61 | 76 | 49 | 1 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 73 | 55 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 38.9 | |
Totals | 3,602 | 2,650 | 15.0 | 16.6 | 17.6 | 19.5 | 581 | 295 | 800 | 320 | 1 | 77 | 15 | 38 | 62 | 11 | 1 | ... | 115 | 511 | 346 | 113 | 234 | 215 | 45 | 49.2 |
* Maximum number during the year, and so throughout the table. | †Minimum number during the year, and so throughout the table. |