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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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TABLE V.* Comparison of Prevalence op Sickness and Death from Infectious Diseases. (Rates calculated per 1,000 persons on the population estimated to the middle of each year.)
| Year. | Small-pox. | Erysipelas. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Scarlet Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric and Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |
| 1891 | 0·00 | 0·00 | 1·22 | 0·05 | 1·19 | 0·17 | 1·94 | 0·09 | 0·00 | 0·00 | 0·64 | 0·15 | 0·03 | 0·03 |
| 1892 | 0·00 | 0·00 | 1·15 | 0·06 | 1·15 | 0·18 | 4·28 | 0·21 | 0·02 | 0·00 | 0·36 | 0·10 | 0·02 | 0·05 |
| 1893 | 0·57 | 0·05 | 1·68 | 0·10 | 2·19 | 0·49 | 5·69 | 0·80 | 0·00 | 0·00 | 0·64 | 0·10 | 0·05 | 0·06 |
| 1894 | 0·11 | 0·00 | 1·09 | 0·02 | 1·65 | 0·44 | 2·31 | 0·13 | 0·00 | 0·00 | 0·58 | 0·14 | 0·05 | 0·03 |
| 1895 | 0·05 | 0·00 | 1·59 | 0·05 | 2·23 | 0·53 | 3·10 | 0·16 | 0·00 | 0·00 | 0·61 | 0·09 | 0·04 | 0·02 |
| 1896 | 0·07 | 0·00 | 1·63 | 0·02 | 2·18 | 0·42 | 5·95 | 0·23 | 0·00 | 0·00 | 0·59 | 0·09 | 0·05 | 0·04 |
| 1897 | 0·00 | 0·00 | 1·89 | 0·05 | 1·94 | 0·48 | 4·33 | 0·17 | 0·00 | 0·00 | 0·74 | 0·13 | 0·09 | 0·03 |
| 1898 | 0·00 | 0·00 | 1·05 | 0·04 | 1·29 | 0·15 | 2·75 | 0·13 | 0·05 | 0·01 | 0·63 | 0·07 | 0·06 | 0·03 |
| 1899 | 0·00 | 0·00 | 1·22 | 0·05 | 1·49 | 0·24 | 2·57 | 0·06 | 0·00 | 0·00 | 0·72 | 0·13 | 0·06 | 0·03 |
| 1900 | 0·03 | 0·00 | 0·92 | 0·05 | 1·92 | 0·16 | 2·12 | 0·02 | 0·00 | 0·00 | 0·66 | 0·09 | 0·05 | 0·03 |
| 1901 | 0·08 | 0·00 | 0·95 | 0·03 | 1·41 | 0·21 | 2·68 | 0·08 | 0·01 | 0·00 | 0·59 | 0·06 | 0·05 | 0·01 |
* This table is recommended for use by the Society of Medical Officers of Health, as a record of "the frequency and mortality of infectious diseases in the whole district for a series of years."