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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 1903

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the four weeks, March 1st to March 28th, 1903...

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under 5 years of age, including 44 under one year. Seventy persons
died at 60 and upwards. Forty-two deaths were caused by the
diseases of the respiratory organs, including bronchitis 22, and pneumonia
13. The deaths from phthisis were 28, from diseases of the
heart 15, and from tubercular or scrofulous diseases of children
under 5 years of age, 4.

Table: Localised Birth and Death-Rates.—The subjoined table shows the number of births and deaths, and the birth-rate and the deathrate, in the Borough, as a whole, and in the registration Sub-districts, the Parliamentary Divisions, and the several Wards:—

Localised Birth and Death-Rates.—The subjoined table shows the number of births and deaths, and the birth-rate and the deathrate, in the Borough, as a whole, and in the registration Sub-districts, the Parliamentary Divisions, and the several Wards:—

Locality.Population.Births in the four weeks.Birth Rate.Deaths in the four weeks.Death Rate.
The Borough178,00026919.621515.7
Sub-districts:—
Kensington Town129,02023523.717417.5
Brompton48,980349.04110.9
Parliamentary Divisions:—
North Kensington91,77020128.513619.3
South Kensington86,2306810.27911.9
Wards:—
St. Charles22,1204727.62313.5
Golborne26,5206029.46029.4
Norland23,6505530.23418.7
Pembridge19,4803926.01912.7
Holland20,5602012.62113.3
Earl's Court18,1901410.01913.6
Queen's Gate14,38076.31311.7
Redcliffe18,8401812.4139.0
Brompton14,26098.21311.8

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2. —Zymotic Diseases. —The deaths from the principal diseases
of the zymotic class were 22, and one below the corrected decennial
average number. In the Metropolis, as a whole, the deaths from
these diseases were 686, and 112 below the corrected average.