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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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Table: TABLE III. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year, 1902.

TABLE III. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year, 1902.

Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in Kensington.Total Cases Notified in each Sub-District.Number of Casesremoved to Hospital from each Sub-District.
At all Ages.At Ages—YearsKensington Town.Brompton.Kensington Town.Brompton.
Under 11 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards
Small-Pox9521142949...878838
Cholera.................................
Diphtheria18326759282611443912126
Membranous croup11..................1......
Erysipelas189391617121231711831
Scarlet fever37231051755831...3086126447
Typhus fever.................................
Enteric fever80...128202926515443
Relapsing fever.................................
Continued fever4......3...1...4...2...
Puerperal fever15.........213...123...1
Plague.................................
Chicken Pox669562732972617...582876...
Totals1,60867456592180287261,37323552386

Table: Table showing the Notifications, in 1902, in the Borough, the Sub-Districts, the Parliamentary Divisions, and the Wards.

Table showing the Notifications, in 1902, in the Borough, the Sub-Districts, the Parliamentary Divisions, and the Wards.

Area.Small-pox.'Chicken-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Totals.Population.Notifications per 1,000 of the population.
The Borough956693721838041518911,608177,5009.1
Sub-Districts—
Kensington Town87582308144654121711,373128,66010.7
Bromptom887643915...318123548,8404.8
Parliamentary Divisions—
North Kensington814812399958411149...1,12291,510123.3
South Kensington141881338422...440148685,9905.7
Wards—
North K.St. Charles10104662213...136...25222,06011.4
Golborne2717710241222349......42326,440160
Norland27101361992540...23923,58010.1
Pembridge1799351714...224...20819,43010.7
South K.Holland25441296...18...14120,5006.9
Earl's Court13427147......2...8518,1404.7
Queen's Gate52922141...114...8614,3406.0
Redcliffe44727203...19111218,7906.0
Brompton224167517...6214,2204.4