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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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The following table, based on the thirteen four-weekly reports, sets out some particulars with
regard to diphtheria, in Kensington and in London :—

Table: Diphtheria in 1902.

Diphtheria in 1902.

Report for four weeks endedNo. of Notifications.No. of cases admitted to Hospital.No. of Deaths.No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period.
Kensington.London.Kensington.London.Kensington.London.
January 25208951767131111,238
February 2211867665021121,235
March 2298398605—1111,120
April 1918819175984961,092
May 171783216598—1021,035
June 1497746574—58957
July 121879014604161954
August 918892147121931,054
September 6773075611681,007
October 41774012575579971
November 11680714615—85954
November 2998374633—881,031
January 3, 1903 (five weeks)15912126903117939
18410,7341478,086201,181

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Note.—Correction has not been made in the above table for errors in diagnosis, either with respect to notifications or
admissions to hospitals. Cases of membranous croup are included.
The following table gives particulars with respect to diphtheria in North and South Kensington
respectively.

Table: Particulars with Reference to Diphtheria in Kensington, in 1902.

Particulars with Reference to Diphtheria in Kensington, in 1902.

Set out in Report for Four weeks ended.Total Cases Recorded.Cases recorded in North Kensington.*Cases recorded inSouth Kensington.*Cases removed to Hospital fromDeaths (12 in Hospitals).
NorthKensington.South Kensington.North Kensington.South Kensington.
January 252010109812
February 2211564211
March 2294544......
April 191911810722
May 1717152151......
June 1498633......
July 121899951...
August 91810886...1
September 6784341...
October 4161067532
November 11711695......
November 2992722......
January 3, 1908 (5 weeks)13678421
18399849156119

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WHOOPING-COUGH.
Whooping-Cough was the cause of 21 deaths compared with 59, 33, and 62, in the three
preceding years; 16 in the Town sub-district, and 5 in Brompton; the corrected decennial average
being 57. All but one of the deaths were of children under five years of age, including 9 under one
year.
The deaths in London, as a whole, were 1,880, and 281 below the corrected decennial
average (2,161).
* North Kensington and South Kensington are the districts to the north and the south of the centre of Notting-hill,
High-street, and Holland-park-avenue, respectively.