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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 1902
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year1902
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" NOTTING-DALE " SPECIAL AREA.
VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS, 1902.
| 1902. | 1901 * | 1900. | 1899. | 1898. | 1897. | 1896. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population (Estimated) | |||||||
| Infantile Mortality. | |||||||
| 54 | |||||||
| Zymotic Diseases. | |||||||
Causes of Death.—In 5 cases Diarrhœa; in 3 cases Measles; in 2 cases each, Whooping-cough
and Small-pox; and in one case each, Diphtheria and Dysentery.
Among the other principal causes of death were—diseases of the nervous system, 15 deaths;
diseases of the respiratory system, 56 deaths; diseases of the circulatory system, 10 deaths; other
visceral diseases, 24 deaths; tubercular diseases, 26 deaths (including 21 from consumption);
wasting diseases of infants, 7 deaths; cancer, 4 deaths; syphilis, 6 deaths; and violence, 4 deaths,
including 2 of infants from suffocation. Five deaths of infants prematurely born were registered,
and 4 deaths from old age. Inquests were held in 11 cases.
The annual death-rate per 1,000 persons living, in thirteen successive four-weekly periods,
was:—
(1) 35.7 (2) 48.7 (3) 87.7 (4) 35.7 (5) 61.7 (6) 58.5 (7) 29.2
(8) 29.2 (9) 35.7 (10) 42.2 (11) 39.0 (12) 39.0 (13) 45.5
Seventy of the deaths occurred at the homes of the deceased persons, 102 at the Borough
Infirmary (about a fifth of the total deaths at this Institution—528), and 13 at other Public
Institutions; 37 of the deaths were of persons who had previously resided at common lodginghouses
in the Area; but only one of these deaths took place at a common lodging-house.
The deaths comprised 90 of males and 95 of females.
The ages at death were; under five years of age, 64 (including 41 under one year); between
5 and 20 years, 4 deaths ; between 20 and 60 years, 72 deaths ; at 60 years and upwards, 45 deaths.
The deaths were connected with streets as follows: Bangor Street, 48 deaths; Crescent
Street, 32 deaths; St. Katharine's Road, 59 deaths; Kenley Street, 19 deaths; Sirdar Road, 27
deaths.
The population in the several streets, as enumerated in 1901, was, Bangor Street, 869;
Crescent Street, 678; St. Katharine's Road, 1,412; Kenley Street, 490; Sirdar Road (Nos. 1 to 33
and Nos. 2 to 56), 526. The population of the 23 common lodging houses was 538, viz., in ten
houses in Bangor Street, 198 (males, 129; females, 69); in eight houses in Crescent Street, 233
(males, 130; females, 103); and in five houses in Sirdar Road, 107 (males, 51; females, 56).
The enumerated population in 1901 was 3,975.