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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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Table: The subjoined table, being a Summary of Table VIII. (Table III. in annual reports prior to 1900: videAppendix I, page 106), shows the number of deaths from diseases in the several Classes and Orders of the classification of the Registrar-General, referred to in the following pages.

The subjoined table, being a Summary of Table VIII. (Table III. in annual reports prior to 1900: videAppendix I, page 106), shows the number of deaths from diseases in the several Classes and Orders of the classification of the Registrar-General, referred to in the following pages.

CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Order.No. of Deaths.
1.Miasmatic Diseases234
2.Diarrhœal „115
3.Malarial „—
4.Zoogenous „—
5.Venereal „21
6.Septic „13
383
II.PARASITIC DISEASES5
III.DIETETIC DISEASES18
IV.CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES551
V.DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES203
VI.LOCAL DISEASES-
1.Diseases of Nervous System246
2.Diseases of Organs of Special Sense1
3.Diseases of Circulatory System236
4.Diseases of Respiratory System511
5.Diseases of Digestive System157
6.Diseases of Lymphatic System2
7.Diseases of Gland-like Organs of uncertain use2
8.Diseases of Urinary System91
9.Diseases of Reproductive System—
a. Diseases of Organs of Generation10
b. Diseases of Parturition9
10.Diseases of Locomotive System4
11.Diseases of Integumentary System5
1,274
VII.VIOLENCE—
1.Accident or Negligence93
2.Battle—
3.Homicide—
4.Suicide17
5.Execution—
110
VIII.ILL-DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES106
Total2.650

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Specific Febrile or *Zymotic Diseases, in the official classification, are comprised in six
'Orders, which include the first 17 diseases in Table IV. (p. 17). Amongst them are the nine which
the Registrar-General describes as the "seven principal diseases of the zymotic class"—typhus fever,
enteric fever, and simple continued fever being grouped under the general heading "fever." The
deaths from these diseases, which had been 347, 259, and 283, in the three preceding years, were 320
in 1901, and 21 below the corrected decennial average (341). These deaths, of which 295 belong to
the Town sub-district, and 25 to Brompton, were equivalent to 1.81 per 1,000 living (2.30 in the Town
sub-district and 0.51 in Brompton), as compared with 1.63 in 1900. The rate in the Metropolis, as a
whole, was 2.25 per 1,000 (2.21 in 1900), the decennial rate being, for London 2.7, and for Kensington
1.9 per 1,000. The Kensington rate for each of the zymotic diseases during the eleven years,
1891—1901, is set out in Table V., page 51.

Table: The subjoined table shows the number of deaths from the several diseases, in the sub-districts, occurring at-home, and at outlying public institutions, &c.:—

The subjoined table shows the number of deaths from the several diseases, in the sub-districts, occurring at-home, and at outlying public institutions, &c.:—

Disease.Sub-Districts.In Hospital.Total Deaths.Decennial Average.
Town.Brompton.Town.Brompton.Uncorrected.Corrected for increase of Population.
Small-pox---110.90.9
Measles725--7774.577.6
Scarlet Fever221011525.726.7
Diphtheria822718855.557.8
Whooping-cough5651-6257.459.8
Typhus Fever--1-10.20.2
Enteric Fever41511117.918.6
Simple.Continued Fever---—-0.90.9
Diarrhœa10658111594.498.8
24820475320327.4841.3