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 year1902
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TABLE B. Annual Number of Deaths in Kensington from the Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class (1856-1902); and Zymotic Death-rate, in Kensington, and in London
The Year. | Population. | Deaths from the Seven Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class. | Zymotic Death-rate. | |||||||||||
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Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Total. | Per 1,000 persons living. | Deaths per 1,000 Deaths from all Causes, Kensington. | |||||
Typhus. | Enteric. | Simple Continued. | Kensington. | London. | ||||||||||
1856 | 57,078 | 13 | 30 | 20 | Not separately classified. | 19 | Not separately classified. | 15 | Not separately classified. | 62 | 159 | 2.8 | No Information. | 129 |
1857 | 59,683 | ... | 15 | 26 | 37 | 17 | 83 | 178 | 2.9 | 149 | ||||
1858 | 62,288 | 24 | 49 | 64 | 38 | 30 | 207 | 3.3 | 160 | |||||
1859 | 64,893 | 11 | 42 | 53 | No Information. | 11 | 17 | 72 | 206 | 3.2 | 154 | |||
1860 | 67,498 | 18 | 29 | 86 | 56 | 25 | 35 | 249 | 3.7 | 168 | ||||
2 | 53 | 57 | 37 | 34 | 66 | 249 | 3.5 | 172 | ||||||
1862 | 76,350 | ... | 30 | 110 | 54 | 51 | 24 | 269 | 3.5 | 168 | ||||
1863 | 81,350 | 49 | 83 | 89 | 22 | 54 | 54 | 351 | 4.3 | 215 | ||||
1864 | 86,350 | 5 | 100 | 90 | 56 | 60 | 63 | 374 | 4.3 | 202 | ||||
1865 | 91,350 | 18 | 52 | 31 | 37 | 77 | 104 | 319 | 3.5 | 184 | ||||
1866 | 96,350 | 10 | 40 | 28 | 28 | 33 | 112 | 251 | 2.6 | 128 | ||||
1867 | 101,350 | 29 | 19 | 35 | 68 | 46 | 78 | 275 | 2.7 | 142 | ||||
1868 | 106,350 | 4 | 84 | 170 | 34 | 52 | 113 | 457 | 4.3 | 205 | ||||
1869 | 111,350 | 6 | 27 | 106 | 71 | 42 | 108 | 360 | 3.3 | 164 | ||||
1870 | 116,350 | 8 | 70 | 198 | 55 | 46 | 154 | 531 | 4.7 | 220 | ||||
120 | 64 | 95 | 11 | 72 | 6 | 26 | 16 | 129 | 539 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 223 | ||
1872 | 127,606 | 68 | 43 | 29 | 14 | 77 | 4 | 28 | 10 | 110 | 383 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 169 |
1873 | 132,826 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 6 | 27 | 8 | 145 | 290 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 119 |
1874 | 138,616 | ... | 121 | 32 | 26 | 45 | 9 | 28 | 15 | 112 | 388 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 144 |
1875 | 144,488 | ... | 23 | 83 | 23 | 107 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 107 | 372 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 133 |
1876 | 148,338 | 8 | 128 | 59 | 17 | 124 | 3 | 27 | 6 | 126 | 498 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 172 |
1877 | 151,360 | 84 | 54 | 31 | 10 | 34 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 99 | 333 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 127 |
1878 | 154,305 | 24 | 53 | 77 | 20 | 185 | 3 | 26 | 4 | 181 | 573 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 184 |
1879 | 158,316 | 24 | 60 | 51 | 26 | 93 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 71 | 348 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 116 |
1880 | 161,462 | 11 | 75 | 105 | 22 | 95 | 4 | 24 | 5 | 128 | 469 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 163 |
55 | 67 | 38 | 8 | 85 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 101 | 383 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 140 | ||
1882 | 163,540 | ... | 77 | 62 | 25 | 119 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 61 | 376 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 139 |
1883 | 163,860 | 1 | 39 | 28 | 24 | 44 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 80 | 251 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 96 |
1884 | 164,180 | 26 | 32 | 18 | 17 | 81 | ... | 26 | 4 | 110 | 314 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 119 |
1885 | 164,500 | 25 | 111 | 7 | 22 | 98 | ... | 12 | ... | 86 | 361 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 130 |
1886 | 164,820 | ... | 56 | 11 | 34 | 82 | ... | 11 | ... | 90 | 284 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 102 |
1887 | 165,140 | 1 | 108 | 44 | 40 | 86 | ... | 11 | 2 | 124 | 416 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 145 |
1888 | 165,450 | ... | 124 | 26 | 89 | 100 | ... | 21 | 2 | 58 | 420 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 148 |
1889 | 165,760 | ... | 14 | 28 | 111 | 26 | ... | 19 | ... | 71 | 269 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 111 |
1890 | 166,080 | ... | 140 | 26 | 35 | 93 | ... | 15 | ... | 78 | 387 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 131 |
... | 29 | 16 | 28 | 84 | ... | 24 | 1 | 91 | 273 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 89 | ||
1892 | 167,200 | ... | 109 | 36 | 31 | 63 | ... | 15 | 2 | 77 | 333 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 115 |
1893 | 167,900 | 9 | 18 | 51 | 83 | 65 | ... | 17 | ... | 98 | 341 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 117 |
1894 | 168,600 | ... | 108 | 22 | 75 | 61 | ... | 21 | 3 | 56 | 346 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 132 |
1895 | 169,300 | ... | 33 | 27 | 89 | 39 | ... | 15 | 1 | 118 | 322 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 117 |
... | 173 | 39 | 72 | 99 | ... | 15 | 1 | 61 | 460 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 159 | ||
1897 | 170,700 | ... | 33 | 29 | 82 | 19 | ... | 21 | 1 | 125 | 310 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 116 |
1898 | 172,000 | ... | 120 | 23 | 26 | 52 | 2 | 12 | ... | 112 | 347 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 124 |
1899 | 172,400 | ... | 24 | 10 | 42 | 59 | ... | 23 | ... | 101 | 259 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 86 |
1900 | 173,000 | ... | 98 | 4 | 27 | 33 | ... | 16 | ... | 105 | 283 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 105 |
1 | 77 | 15 | 38 | 62 | 1 | 11 | ... | 115 | 320 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 121 | ||
1902 | 177,500 | 11 | 93 | 21 | 20 | 21 | ... | 19 | ... | 78 | 263 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 96 |
Note --The Medical Officer of Health is not responsible for the accuracy of the figures above the horizontal line between
the years 1870 and 1871, excepting as to calculation of rates. Census years are indicated by dark type.