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Kensington 1902

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year1902

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For the sake of comparison, I subjoin the corresponding table for 1901, taken from the
report for that year.

Table: Scarlet Fever in 1901.

Scarlet Fever in 1901.

Report for four weeks endedNo. of Notifications.No. of cases admitted to Hospitals.No. of Deaths.No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period.
KensingtonLondon.Kensington.London.Kensington.London.
January 262681919678—352,078
February 2318722156272221,834
March 2323719186061261,598
April 2018765127021271,526
May 18311,528261,289—462,052
June 15321,497241,2951732,594
July 13471,718361,464—502,918
August 10561,639461,442—553,148
September 7441,360361,2123552,994
October 5482,210421,770—493,157
November 2492,240421,651—563,391
November 30441,692371,4553383,278
December 28391,478301,2184523,137
47518,38738315,40915584

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Note.—Correction has not been made in the above tables for errors in diagnosis, either with respect to notifications
or admissions to hospital.
The following tables exhibit certain particulars of interest with respect to scarlet fever
prevalence, &c., during 1902, and the ten preceding years, 1892-1901:—

Table: Scarlet Fever Cases Recorded in Kensington in 1902, and in the Ten Preceding Years, in Thirteen Four-Weekly Periods.

Scarlet Fever Cases Recorded in Kensington in 1902, and in the Ten Preceding Years, in Thirteen Four-Weekly Periods.

The Year.Weeks. 1—4.Weeks. 5—8.Weeks. 9—12.Weeks. 13-16.Weeks 17-20.Weeks. 21-24.Weeks. 25—28.Weeks. 29-32.Weeks. 33-36.Weeks. 37-40.Weeks. 41-44.Weeks. 45-48.Weeks. 49—52.Total.
190236312730332132202635371826*372
190126192218313245564648524337475
190032262828202232212325413135364
189926202027263840473547425522445
189834403439313140453831333834478
1897433240283358685155133888434747
1896799057453768939492841049177*1011
189520222023223339402463916266525
189459372740282126233028311525390
189345603834568484110671131178861957
189228232034513973745997858250715
Average 1892-190139.236.930.631633.542.654.056.146.966.968.458.944.1611†

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* Return comprises five weeks. † Without correction for increase in population.