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Ken 9
No. IX., 1902.
The Royal Borough of Kensington.
REPORT
OF
THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
For the four weeks, August 10th to September 6th, 1902;
bein g the 33rd, 34th, 35th, and 36th Weeks of the Registration Year, 1902,
TO WHICH IS APPENDED
A REPORT ON THE SMALL-POX EPIDEMIC, 1901-2.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough
Council.
Sir, and Gentlemen,
I.—I have to report that 278 births (males 126, females 152),
and 180 deaths (males 104, females 76), were registered in the four
weeks ended September 6th. After making due allowance for increase
of population, the births were 19, and the deaths 14, below the
numbers registered in the corresponding weeks in the previous ten
years. The births were equivalent to an annual rate of 20.4 per
1.000 persons living, or 1.3 per 1,000 below the decennial average
(21.7). The deaths were equivalent to an annual rate of 13.2 per
1,000, or TO per 1,000 below the decennial average (14.2). The
rate in the successive weeks was 11.4, 12.9, 14.4, and 14.1. The
death-rate in the Metropolis was 15.7 per 1,000; 2.5 above the rate
in Kensington, and 3.3 below the decennial average (19.0). Seventyfive
of the deaths of Kensington parishioners were of children under
5 years of age, including 50 under 1 year. Fifty-five persons died at
60 and upwards. Eighteen deaths were caused by the diseases of
the respiratory organs, including bronchitis 5, and pneumonia 12.
The deaths from phthisis were 18, from diseases of the heart 18, and
from tubercular or scrofulous diseases of children under 5 years of
age, 1.