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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, October 11th to November 7th, 1903...

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from tubercular or scrofulous diseases of children under 5 rears of
age, 5.

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 weeksBirth Rate.Deaths in the four weeksDeath Rate
The Borough178,00027019.718413.4
Sub-districts:— Kensington Town129,02022422.615315.4
Brompton48,9804612.2318.2
Parliamentary Divisions:— North Kensington91,77019828.011916.9
South Kensington86,2307210.9659.8
Wards:- St. Charles22,1205834.13118.2
Golborne26,5205928.92713.2
Norland23,6504524.73921.4
Pembridge19,4803624.02214.7
Holland20,5601912.02113.3
Earl's Courl18,1901712.1128.6
Queen's Gate14,38043.698.1
Redcliffe18,8402013.8139.0
Brompton14,2601210.9109.1

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2. —Zymotic Diseases. -The deaths from the principal diseases
of the zymotic class were 14, and 10 below the corrected decennial
average number. In the Metropolis, as a whole, the deaths from
these diseases were 575, and 129 below the corrected average.
Measles.- There was no death from measles,as compared with 5,
2, and 2, in the three preceding four-weekly periods respectively,
In the Metropolis, as a whole, the deaths from this cause were 68.