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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
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the four weeks, August 10th to September 6th, 1902...
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TABLE D.—Small-pox in Kensington ; Cases Notified, Number of Streets and Houses Invaded, and Numbers of Cases to a House.
| Locality. | Population. | Total No. of cases notified. | No. of streets in which the disease occurred. | No. of Infected Houses. | Cases in House. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One case in house. | Two cases in house. | Three casesin house. | Four cases in house. | Six cases in house. | ||||||
| The Borough | 177,500 | 106 | 58 | 74 | 58 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| Sub-districts— | ||||||||||
| Kensington Town | 128,660 | 96 | 49 | 64 | 48 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| Brompton | 48,840 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | – | – | – | – | |
| Parliamentary Divisions— | ||||||||||
| North Kensington | 91,510 | 89 | 44 | 59 | 45 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| South Kensington | 85,990 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Wards— | ||||||||||
| North K. | St. Charles | 22,060 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | – | 2 | – |
| Golborne | 26,440 | 27 | 14 | 19 | 16 | – | 1 | 2 | – | |
| Norland | 23,580 | 29 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Pembridge | 19,430 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | – | – | |
| South K. | Holland | 20,500 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| Earl's Court | 18,140 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Queen's Gate | 14,340 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Redcliff | 18,790 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | – | – | – | – | |
| Brompton | 14,220 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | |