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Kensington 1903

The annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year 1903

Published
1904
Author
Dudfield, T. Orme.
Pages
116
Tables
70

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  • Page 3
    The estimate of population of the entire borough is based on the subjoined summary table which shows the Age and Sex-Distribution of the people as ascertained at the census of 1901.
    Population at all Ages, March 31st, 1901.Under Five Years.5 to 15.I5 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 to 95.95 and upwards.All Ages.
  • Page 3
    Number and Population of Tenements of less than Five Rooms in 1901.
    Tenements of—Number.Population.
  • Page 4
    The subjoined statement exhibits the growth of population during the nineteenth century:—
    The Year.Population.
  • Page 4
    The following table, brought up to date, exhibits the growth of the borough since the Metropolis Local Management Act came into operation, in 1856:—
    1856.1903.Increase in 47 years.
  • Page 4
    The increase in all respects within the last thirty-two years, 1871-1903, the period over which my official experience extends, was very considerable, as the subjoined figures show:—
    1871.1903.Increase in 32 years.
  • Page 6
    The birth-rate in the several wards—after distribution of the births at the borough infirmary— was as follows:—
  • Page 6
    The excess of births over deaths in the several wards was as follows:—
  • Page 7
    The subjoined table shows the quarterly number of births of males and females in the borough, and in each of the sub-districts:—
    Kensington Town.Brompton.The Borough.
    Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.Total.
  • Page 7
    The subjoined table shows the population, the number of births, and the birth-rate for each of the ten years, 1893-1902.
    The Year.Population.Total Births.Males.Females.Birth-rate per 1,000.
  • Page 7
    Birth-rate in the Metropolis, and in Kensington, and in certain Districts of the Borough, during the thirteen four-weekly periods ended January 2nd, 1904, and in the Registration Year, 1903.
    Four Weeks endedMetropolis.Borough.Sob-Districts.Parliamentary Divisions.Wards.
    Kensington Town.Brompton.North.SouthSt. Charles.Golborne.Norland.Pembridge.Holland.Earl's Court.Queen's Gate.Redcliffe.Brompton.
  • Page 8
    The ward-rate for the year 1903 is set out below; the rate for each of the thirteen fourweekly periods in the table at page 11.
  • Page 9
    The True Death-rate of Kensington, 1903.
    Age-Period.Population.Deaths.Death-rate.
    Both Sexes.Males.FemalesBoth Sexes.Males.Females.Both Sexes.Males.Females.
  • Page 9
    The subjoined table shows the quarterly number of deaths of males and females in the borough, and in each of the sub-districts:—
    Kensington Town.Brompton.The Borough.
    Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.Total.
  • Page 10
    In the several wards the rate was as follows:—
  • Page 10
    "NOTTING-DALE" SPECIAL AREA. vital and mortal statistics, 1903. (The corresponding statistics for the seven preceding years are added for comparison.)
    1903.1902.1901.*1900.1899.1898.1897.1896.
  • Page 11
    Death-rate in the Metropolis, and in Kensington, and in Certain Districts of the Borough, during the thirteen four-weekly periods ended January 2nd, 1904, and in the Registration Year, 1903.
    Four Weeks ended.Metropolis.Borough.Sob-Districts.Parliamentary Divisions.Wards.
    Kensington Town.Brompton.North.South.St. Charles.Golborne.Norland.Pembridge.Holland.Earl's Court.Queen's GateRedcliffe.Brompton.
  • Page 13
    Summary of Vital and Mortal Statistics of the Royal Borough of Kensington, 1903.
    During the Four Weeks endedBirths.Deaths.Death-rateDeaths at Ages.Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.Deaths from Diseases of Respiratory System.Deaths from Phthisis.Deaths from Heart Disease.Deaths under Five from Tubercular DiseasesMean Temperature.
    Kensington.London.
    1903.Decennial Average.1903.Decennial Average.0—11—560 and upwardsTotals.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet FeverDiphtheria.Whooping- cough.Enteric FeverTyphus FeverSimple continued FeverDiarrhœa.Totals.Bronchitis.Pneumonia.
  • Page 14
    The subjoined table shows the annual death-rate per 1,000 persons living in each of the last eleven years, in Kensington, in London, and in England and Wales.
    1903.1902.1901.1900.1899.1898.1897.1896.1895.1894.1893.
  • Page 15
    TABLE I. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) For Whole District.
    Year.Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Deaths under One Year of Age.Deaths at all Ages. Total.Deaths in Public Institutions.Deaths of Nonresidents registered in District.Deaths of Residents registered beyond District.Deaths at all Ages. Nett.
    Number.Rate.1Number.Rate per 1000Births registeredNumber.Rate.*Number.Rate.
  • Page 16
    TABLE II. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.)
    Names of Localities.Kensington.Kensington Town.Brompton.
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all ages.Deaths under 1 year.
  • Page 16
    TABLE IV. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1903.
    Causes of Death.Deaths in whole District at subjoined ages.Deaths in Localities (at all ages).Deaths in Public Institutions.
    All Ages.Under 11 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 6565 and upwardsKensington Town-Brompton.
  • Page 17
    The subjoined table shows the number of deaths from the several diseases occurring in the sub-districts and at outlying public institutions, etc.
    Disease.Sub-Districts.In Hospital.Total Deaths.Decennial Average.
    Town.Brompton.Town.Brompton.Uncorrected.Corrected for increase of Population.
  • Page 18
    Distribution of the fatal cases of the Principal Zymotic Diseases during the year 1903:—
    Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhœa.Total.
  • Page 18
    The following table shows the rate of mortality per 1,000 persons living from the principal zymotic diseases in Kensington and London, and in England and Wales, in 1903.
    Small pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhœa.
  • Page 23
    Scarlet Fever in 1903.
    Report for four weeks endedNo. of Notifications.No. of cases admitted to Hospitals.No. of Deaths.No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period.
    Kensington.London.Kensington.London.Kensington.London.
  • Page 23
    Scarlet Fever in 1902.
    Report for four weeks endedNo. of Notifications.No. of cases admitted to Hospitals.No. of Deaths.No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period.
    Kensington.London.Kensington.London.Kensington.London.
  • Page 24
    Scarlet Fever Cases Recorded in Kensington in 1903, and in the Ten Preceding Years, in Thirteen Four-Weekly Periods.
    The Year.Weeks. 1-4.Weeks. 5-8.Weeks. 9-12.Weeks. 13-16.Weeks. 17-20.Weeks 21- 24.Weeks. 25—28.Weeks 29-32.Weeks. 33 - 36.Weeks. 37—40.Weeks. 41-44Weeks. 45-48.Weeks. 49-52.Total.
  • Page 24
    Statistics of Scarlet Fever in Kensington in 1903, and in the Ten Preceding Years.
    The Year.No. of Recorded Cases.Total Number of Recorded CasesPercentage of Removals to total Recorded Cases.Deaths.Total Deaths.Percentage of Deaths.Percentage of Deaths to Recorded Cases.Deaths in London from Scarlet Fever.
    Treated at Home.Removed to Hospital.At Home.In Hospitals.At Home.In Hospitals.
  • Page 25
    Diphtheria in 1903.
    Report for four weeks endedNo. of Notifications.No. of cases admitted to Hospital.No. of Deaths.No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period.
    Kensington.London.Kensington.London.Kensington.London.
  • Page 26
    Particulars with Reference to Diphtheria in Kensington, in 1903.
    Set out in Report for Four weeks ended.Total Cases Recorded.Cases Recorded in North Kensington.*Cases Recorded in South Kensington.*Cases removed to Hospital from.Deaths (17 in Hospitals).
    North Kensington.South Kensington.North Kensington.South Kensington.
  • Page 29
    SUMMARY OF CAUSES OF DEATH.
    DISEASES.Under 1 year.Between 1 year and 60 years.At 60 years and upwards.Total.
  • Page 32
    Notification has been in force since October, 1889. The notifications of each of the diseases during the fourteen years 1890-1903 are set out in the subjoined table.
    Year.Small-pox.Chicken-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Relapsing Fever.Total.
  • Page 32
    The Ages at Notification of certain of the diseases, in 1903, were as follows:-
    Age.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.
  • Page 33
    Cases of Infectious Disease notified in the several Metropolitan Boroughs in the Fifty-two Weeks ended Saturday, 2nd January, 1904.
    Name of Borough.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Membranous Croup.Cholera.Totals.Population 1901.
  • Page 34
    Table showing the number of Cases of Infectious Disease Notified in Kensington, and in London, in 1903: Arranged in four-weekly periods.
  • Page 35
    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, 1903.
  • Page 35
    Table showing the Notifications, in 1903, in the Borough, the Sub-Districts, the Parliamentary Divisions, and the Wards.
  • Page 36
    TABLE V.* Comparison of Prevalence of Sickness and Death from Infectious Diseases in 1903, and the Ten Preceding Years. (Rates calculated per 1,000 persons on the population estimated to the middle of each year.)
  • Page 48
    The actual figures, showing loss, both for the Metropolis and the rest of England, during the twenty years 1881-1900, as set out in the report of the Local Government Board lor 1902-3, are as follows:—
    Metropolis. Cases lost.Rest of England. Cases lost.Metropolis Cases lost.Rest of England. Cases lost.
  • Page 49
    Vaccination Officer's Return respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were Registered in 1902.1 (Vide page 47.)
    DATE.Registration Sub-Districts comprised in Vaccination Officer's DistrictNumber of Births returned in Birth List Sheets.Number of these Births duly entered in Columns 1, 2, 4, and 5 of the Vaccination Register (Birth List Sheets), viz.:Number of these Births which are not entered in the Vaccination Register, on account, (as shown by Report Book) of
    Column II.Postponement by Medical Certificate.Removed to other Districts and notified to Vaccination Officers of the Districts.Removal to places unknown, or which cannot be reached, and cases not having been found.Total Number of Certificates of Successful Vaccinations received during each of the Calendar Years.
    Column I. Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible of Vaccination.Certificate of Conscientious Objection.Column V. Dead, Unvacci-nated.
    1902.1903*
  • Page 59
    COMMON LODGING-HOUSES.
    Ward.Name of Keeper.Address of Common Lodging-House.No. of Single Lodgers, for which licensed, in 1903.No. of Double Beds Authorised.
    Male.Female.Total.
  • Page 59
    The inspectors' report shows that at the beginning of the year 1903, there were on the Register 984 workshops, laundries, etc., where women are employed ; and that during the year, 98 premises were added to, and 104 were removed from, the Register, as follows:-
    Workshops, etc.North Kensington.South Kensington.Total for Borough
    Dressmakers.Laundries.Miscellaneous.Total.Dressmakers.Laundries.Miscellaneous.Total.
  • Page 60
    At the end of the year, 971 places (comprising an aggregate of 1,974 rooms) were on the Register, viz.:-
    Workshops, etc.North Kensington.South Kensington.Total for Borough
    Dressmakers.Laundries.MiscellaneousTotal.Dressmakers.Laundries.Miscellaneous.Total.
  • Page 60
    The businesses carried on at the registered premises are set out in the subjoined list:-
    Trade or Business.North Kensington.South Kensington.Total in the Borough.
  • Page 61
    The subjoined table summarises the work done during the year:—
    North Kensington.South Kensington.Total for Borough.
    Dressmakers.Laundries.MiscellaneousTotal.DressmakersLaundries.MiscellaneousTotal.
  • Page 63
    "The businesses carried on at the workshops where men are employed, 747 in number, are set out in the subjoined list compiled from the register, in which the trades are classified, columns being provided for the address and the name of the occupier, and a column for the "Number of protected persons " employed at the date of inspection of the premises.
    Trade or Business.North Kensington.South Kensington.Borough.
  • Page 72
    Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year 1903. (See page 71.)
    Sanitary Districts.No. of Complaints made by Inhabitants, &c.No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected.No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c.Results of Inspection.House Drains.Water Closets.Dust Receptacles.Water Supply.Miscellaneous.
    Written Intimations of Nuisance served.1Notices served by order of the Public Health Committee.Notices served under the Lodging-Houses By-lawsFinal Notices (signed by Medical Officer) served.Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c.Houses disinfected after illness: Infectious disease.†Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Ventilated, Trapped, &c.Repaired.Supplied with separate Water Service.Soil-pipes ventilated.New provided.Repaired, Covered, &c.Cisterns erected.Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, &c.Waste-pipes connected with Drains, &c., abolished.No. of Lodging Houses newly Registered under 94th Section of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.‡Yards and Areas paved and drained.Animals removed, being improperly kept.Regularly Inspected.Legal proceedings, i.e., Summonses.
    Bakehouses.Dairies, Milkshops, &c.Licensed Cow-houses.Licensed Slaughter-houses.
  • Page 73
    The names of the licensees, and the localities of the premises, are as follows:—
    North Kensington.South Kensington.
  • Page 84
    Cases of Infectious Disease which occurred in Tenements of less than Four Rooms, during the Years 1894-1903.
    The Year.In Three-Room Tenements.In Two-Room Tenements.In One-Room Tenements.Total.
  • Page 84
    Cases of Infectious Disease occurring in One-Room Tenements.
    The Year.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Typhus Fever.Typhoid Fever.Total.
  • Page 90
    TABLE-VI. (Table I. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births and Deaths in 1903, and in ten preceding years; gross numbers.
    The Year.Estimated Population.1No. of Inhabited Houses.†Marriages.Registered Births.Deaths.
    Total, all Ages.‡Under One Year.Under Five YearsAt Public Institutions.§
  • Page 91
    TABLE VII. ( Table II. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing the Annual Birth-rate and Death-rate; Death-rate of Children; and proportion of Deaths at Public Institutions to 1,000 Deaths, for the year 1903, and ten preceding years.
    The Year.Birth-rate per 1,000 of the Population.Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population.Deaths of Children under one year; per 1,000 of Registered Births.Deaths of Children under one year; per 1,000 of Total Deaths.Deaths of Children under five years; per 1,000 of Total Deaths.Deaths at Public Institutions; per 1,000 of Total Deaths*
  • Page 91
    TABLE IX. ( Table IV. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing the number of Deaths in the Borough at all ages, in 1903, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportion to 1,000 of Population, and to 1,000 deaths from all causes: also the number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 Births, and co 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.
    Division I. (At all Ages.)Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Population.Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths.
  • Page 92 93
    TABLE VIII. (Table III. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Deaths registered from all causes in the Year 1903. (Exclusive of the Deaths of Non-Parishioners at Public Institutions within the Borough, but inclusive of the Deaths of Parishioners at Public Institutions, &c., without the Borough). For a Summary of this Table see page 17.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total all Ages.Sub-district.
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.Kensington Town.Brompton
  • Page 94 95
    TABLE Will.—continued.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total all Ages.Sub-district.
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.Kensington Town.Brompton.
  • Page 96 97
    TABLE VIII.—continued.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total all Ages.Sub-district.
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.Kensing ton Town.Brompton
  • Page 98 99
    TABLE VIII—.continued. __
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total all Ages.Sub-district.
    0 to 1.15 to I5.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.Kensington TownBromptor
  • Page 100
    TABLE X. (Table V. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing the Number of Deaths from the Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class in the ten years,1893-1902, and in the year 1903.
    DISEASES.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.1901.1902.Annual Average of ten years, 1893-1902.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from all causes in ten years, 1893-1902.Deaths in 1903.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from all causes in 1903.
  • Page 101
    TABLE XI. {Table IX. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Names of Streets, etc., in the Registration Sub-Districts, and in the Wards, in which occurred the 268 fatal cases of the Principal Zymotic Diseases during the year 1903. The Registration Sub-Districts are Kensington Town (= K T), and Brompton (= B). The Wards, with their abbreviations, are St. Charles (= St. C), Golborne (= G), Norland (= N), Pembridge(= P), Holland (= H), Earl's Court (= E C), Queen's Gate (= Q G), Redcliffe (= R), Brompton (= B).
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
  • Page 102
    TABLE XI.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
  • Page 103
    TABLE XI.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
  • Page 104
    TABLE XII. (Table IXa. in Annual Reports, prior to 1900.) Names of Streets, etc., in the Registration Sub-Districts, and in the Wards, from which the 738 cases of Infectious Disease were notified, under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during the year 1903. The Registration Sub-Districts are Kensington Town (=K T), and Brompton (=B). The Wards, with their abbreviations, are St. Charles (=St. C), Golborne (=G), Norland (=N), Pembridge (=P), Holland (=H), Earl's Court (=E C), Queen's Gate (=Q G), Redcliffe (=R), Brompton (=B).
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Total.
  • Page 105
    TABLE XII.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Total.
  • Page 106
    TABLE XII.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Small-pox.Scarlet FeverDiphtheria.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Total.
  • Page 107
    TABLE XII.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Total.
  • Page 108
    TABLE XII.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Total.
  • Page 109
    TABLE A. Population of Kensington, 1856-1903; Marriages and Marriage-rate (1871-1903) ; Births and Birth-rate; Deaths and Death-rate 1856-1903; and Infantile Mortality (1870-1903).
    The Year.Population.Marriages.Marriage Rate.Births.Birth Rate.Deaths.Death Rate.Deaths under One Year.Deaths under One Year per 1,000 Births Registered.
    Kensington.London.Kensington.London.
  • Page 110
    TABLE B. Annual Number of Deaths in Kensington from the Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class (1856-1903) ; and Zymotic Death-rate, in Kensington, and in London.
    The Year.Population.Deaths from the Seven Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class.Zymotic Death-rate.
    Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-CoughFever.Total.Per 1,000 persons living.Deaths per 1,000 Deaths from all Causes, Kensington.
    Typhus.Enteric.- Simple Continued.Diarrhoea.Kensington.London.
  • Page 111
    TABLE C. Births, and Birth-rate; Deaths, and Death-rate; Deaths from the Seven Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class ; and Zymotic Death-rate, in Kensington, 1856-1900 : Arranged in Quinquennial Periods.
    Quinquennial Period.Births.Birth-Rate.Deaths.Death-Rate.Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.Zymotic Death-rate, per 1,000 persons living.
    Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaWhooping Cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric | Fever.Simple Continued Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
  • Page 111
    TABLE D. Death-rate in Kensington, per 1,000 persons living, from each of the Seven Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class; Arranged also, in two groups; viz. (1) The four notifiable infectious diseases—Smallpox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, and " Fever" ; and (2) The three non-notifiable diseases—Measles, Whooping-Cough, and Diarrhoea.
    Quinquennial Period.1234567Death-rate per 1,000 from—
    Small-poxMeasles.Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaWhooping Cough." Fever."Diarrhoea.The Seven Diseases.The Four Notifiable Infections Diseases. (Columns 1, 3, 4 and 6).The Three Non-notifiable Infectious Diseases. (Columns 2, 5 and 7).