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Kensington 1904

The annual report on the health, sanitary condition of the Royal Borough of Kensington, etc., etc., for the year 1904

Published
1905
Author
Dudfield, T. Orme.
Pages
124
Tables
87

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    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 15.15 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.
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    Number and Population of Tenements of less than Five Rooms in 1901.
    Tenements of—Number.Population.
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    The subjoined statement exhibits the growth of population during the nineteenth century:—
    The Year.Population.
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    The development of the Borough during the last 82 years is evidenced by the subjoined statement, showing the increase in rateable value. The present total is about one-sixteenth of that of the Administrative County of London.
    Rateable Value of Property.The Year.
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    The following table, brought up to date, exhibits the growth of the borough since the Metropolis Local Management Act came into operation, in 1856:—
    1866.1904.Increase in 49 years.
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    The increase in all respects within the last thirty-four years, 1871-1904, the period over which my official experience extends, was very considerable, as the subjoined figures show:—
    1871.1904.Increase in 34 years.
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    The marriages in the year were 1,672, compared with 1,651, 1,703, and 1,623, in the three preceding years respectively. Of these marriages there were celebrated—
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    The birth-rate in the several wards—after distribution of the births at the borough infirmary— was as follows:—
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    The excess of births over deaths in the several wards was as follows :—
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    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 following table shows the population, the number of births, and the birth-rate for each of the ten years. 1894-1903.
    The Year.Population.Total Births.Males.Females.Birth-rate per 1,000.
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    Birth-rate in the Metropolis, and in Kensington, and in certain Districts of the Borough, during the thirteen four-weekly periods ended December, 31st, 1904, and in the Registration Year, 1904.
    Four Weeks endedMetropolis.Borough.Sub-Districts.Parliamentary Divisions.Wards.
    Kensington Town.Brompton.North.SouthSt. Charles.Golborne.Norland.Pembridge.Holland.Earl's Court.Queen's Gate.Redcliffe.Brompton.
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    The ward-rate is set out below; the rate for each of the thirteen four weekly periods in the table at page .12.
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    The True Death-rate of Kensington, 1904.
    Age-Period.Population.Deaths.Death-rate.
    Both Sexes.Males.Females.Both Sexes.Males.Females.Both Sexes.Males.Females.
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    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.TotalMales.Females.Total.Total.
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    In the several wards the rate was as follows :—
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    "NOTTING-DALE" SPECIAL AREA. VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS, 1904. (The corresponding statistics for the eight preceding years are added for comparison.)
    1904.1903.1902.1901.1900.1899.1898.1897.1896.
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    The annual death-rate per 1,000 persons living, in the thirteen successive four-weekly periods, was:—
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    Death-rate in the Metropolis, and in Kensington, and in Certain Districts of the Borough, in each of the thirteen four-weekly periods ended December 31st, 1904, and in the Registration Year, 1904.
    Four Weeks ended.Metropolis.Borocgh.Sub-Districts.Parliamentary Divisions.Wards.
    Kensington Town.Bromp-ton.North.South.St. Charles.Gol-borne.Norland.Pem-bridge.Holland.Earl's Court.Queen's Gate.Red-cliffe.Bromp ton.
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    Summary of Vital and Mortal Statistics of the Royal Borough of Kensington, 1904.
    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 Disease.Mean Temperature.
    Kensington.London.
    1904.Decennial Average.1904.Decennial Average.0-11—5GO and upwards.Totals.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-Cough.Enteric Fever.TyphusFever.Simple continued Fever.Diarrhoea. -Totals.Bronchitis.Pneumonia.
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    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.
    19041903.1902.1901.1900.1899.1898.1897.1896.1895.1894.
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    TABLE I. 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.*Number.Rate per 1,000 births registeredNumber.Rate.*Number.Rate.*
    12345678910111213
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    TABLE II.
    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.
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    TABLE IV 1 Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1904.
    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-Bromp-ton.
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    The subjoined table, being a summary of Table VIII. in Appendix I., page 100 (Table III. in annual reports prior to 1900), shows the number of deaths from diseases comprised in the "New List of Causes of Death," as used in the Annual Reports of the Registrar-General for England and Wales, referred to in the following pages; to which I have added the deaths from violence, and certain diseases comprised in the old classification under the heading Ill-defined and Not Specified Causes, e.g., Debility, Atrophy, Inanition, terms which find no place in the New List.
    No. of Deaths
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    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.Decennial Average.
    Town.3rompton.Town.Brompton.Total Deaths.Uncorrected.Corrected for increase of Population.
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    Distribution of the fatal cases of the Principal Zymotic Diseases during the year 1904:—
    Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
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    District Zymotic Rate.—The deaths from these diseases in North Kensington were 203 and the rate 2·21 per 1,000 persons living. In South Kensington the deaths were 41, and the rate 0·47 per 1,000. The rate in the several wards was as follows:—
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    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 1904:—
    Small pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhœa.
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    Scarlet Fever in 1904.
    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.
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    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.KensingtonLondon.Kensington.London.
  • Page 22
    The following tables exhibit certain particulars of interest with respect to scarlet fever prevalence, &c., during 1904, and the ten preceding years, 1894-1903:— Scarlet Fever Cases Recorded in Kensington in 1904, 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. 41-44.Weeks. 45-48.Weeks. 49—52.Total.
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    Statistics of Scarlet Fever in Kensington in 1904, 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.
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    The subjoined table, based on the thirteen four-weekly reports, set out certain particulars with regard to diphtheria, in Kensington, and in London as a whole:— Diphtheria in 1904.
    Report for four weeks endedNo. of Notifications. Kensington. London.No. of cases admited to Hospital. Kensington. London.No. of Deaths. Kensington. London.No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period.
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    The following table gives particulars with respect to diphtheria in North and South Kensington respectively.
    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 (15 in Hospitals).
    North Kensington.South Kensington.North Kensington.South Kensington.
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    SUMMARY OF CAUSES OF DEATH.
    DISEASES.Under 1 year.Between 1 year and 60 years.At 60 years and upwards.Total.
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    Notification has been in force since October, 1889. The notifications of each of the diseases during the fifteen years 1890-1904 are set out in the subjoined table.
    Year.Small-pox.Chicken-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal FeverErysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Relapsing Fever-Total.
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    The Ages at Notification of certain of the diseases, in 1904 were as follows:—
    Age.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.
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    Cases of Infectious Disease notified in the several Metropolitan Boroughs in the Fifty-two Weeks ended Saturday, 31st December, 1904.
    Name of Borough.Small-pox.Chicken Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Membranous Croup.Cholera.Totals.Population. 1901.
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    Table showing the number of Cases of Infectious Disease Notified in Kensington, and in London, in 1904: Arranged in four-weekly periods.
    Date of Report. For FourWeeks endedWeeks of the Year.KENSINGTON.LONDON.
    Small-pox.Chicken Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Total.Small-pox.Chicken Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Total.Weeks of the YearDate of Report. For FourWeeks ended
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    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, 1904.
    Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in Kensington.Total Cases Notified in each Sub-District.Number of Cases removed to Hospital from each Sub-District.
    At all Ages.Under 11 to 5.At Ages—Years25to 65.65 and upwardsKensington Town.Brompton.Kensington Town.Brompton.
    5to 15.15 to 25.
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    Table showing the Notifications, in 1904, in the Borough, the Sub-Districts, the Parliamentary Divisions, and the Wards.
    Area.Small-pox.Chicken-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Totals.Population.Notifications per 1.000 of the population.
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    TABLE V.* Comparison of Prevalence of Sickness and Death from Infectious Diseases in 1904, and the Ten Preceding Years. (Rates calculated per 1,000 persons on the population estimated to the middle of each year.)
    Year.Small-pox.Erysipelas.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Scarlet Fever.Typhus Fever.Enteric and Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.
    Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.
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    "The subjoined table shows the distribution of phthisis in the Borough: notified cases, and fatal cases not notified:—
    Cases Notified.Total Notifications in 1904.Deaths of Cases previously Notified—Deaths of Cases not Notified.Total Deaths.Total Number of Cases Investigated.
    Newly in 1904.In 1903 and re-notified in 1904.In 1902 and re-notified in 1904.
    In 1904.1In 1903.In 1902.
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    Sex of Sufferers. Number of Deaths.
    Males.Females.Total.
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    Sex and Age of 203 Notified Cases.
    Sex.0-55-1010-2020-4040-6060 and upwards.Total.
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    Sex and Age at Death of 143 not Notified Cases.
    Sex.0-55-1010-2020-4040-6060 and upwards.Total.
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    Sex and Age at Death ; All Cases (235).
    Sex,0-55-1010-2020-4040-6060 and upwards.Total.
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    Status of the Sick.
    Males.Females.Total.
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    Home Accommodation of the Sick Person or Family.
    Number of Rooms Occupied.1234 or more.Homeless Persons in the Infirmary.Common Lodginghouse Cases.No Information obtainable.Total Cases.
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    The occupations of the sufferers, so far as could be ascertained, were as follows:—
    Males—No. of Cases.
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    The actual figures, showing loss, both for the Metropolis and the rest of England, during the twenty years 1882-1901, as set out in the report of the Local Government Board for 1902-3, are as follows:—
    Metropolis. Cases lost.Rest of England. Cases lost.Metropolis. Cases lost.Rest of England. Cases lost.
  • Page 54
    Vaccination Officer's Return respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were Registered in 1903.* (Vide page 52.)
    DATE. 1903.Registration Sub-Districts comprised in Vaccination Officer's District 1Number of Births returned in Birth List Sheets. 2Number 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 I. Successfully Vaccinated. 3Column II.Column V. Dead, Un vaccinated. 7Postponement by Medical Certificate. 8Removed to other Districts and notified to Vaccination Officers of the Districts. 9Removal to places unknown, or which cannot be reached, and cases not having been found. 10Total Number of Certificates of Successful Vaccinations received during each of the Calendar Years.
    Insusceptable of Vaccination. 4Certificate of Conscientious Objection. 6
    1903. 121904* 13
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    Return showing the permanent Fever Hospital Accommodation, existing and projected:—
    (i.)Accommodation existing:—Beds.
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    "For Small-pox Patients the existing accommodation is as follows:—
    Beds.
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    COMMON LODGING-HOUSES.
    Ward.Name of Keeper.Address of Common Lodging-House.No. of Single Lodgers, for which licensed, in 1904.No. of Double Beds Authorised.
    Male.Female.Total.
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    "The subjoined table summarises particulars of the workshops on the Register at the end of the year, in North Kensington and South Kensington respectively—Holland Park Avenue and High Street, Notting Hill, constituting the dividing line.
    Workshops, etc.North Kensington.South Kensington.Total for Whole Borough
    Dressmakers.Laundries.MiscellaneousTotal.Dressmakers.Laundries.Miscellaneous.Total.
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    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.
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    "The subjoined table summarises the work of the year in regard to workshops, capable of being expressed in this form. so far as it is
    North Kensington.Sodth Kensington.Total for Borough.
    Dressmakers.Laundries.MiscellaneousTotal.DressmakersLaundries.MiscellaneousTotal.
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    The businesses carried on at the workshops where men are employed, 752 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 71
    FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK. 1.—Inspection. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
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    2.—Defects Found.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
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    3.—Other Matters.
    Class.Number.
  • Page 78
    Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year 1904. (See page 77.)
    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.*Notices 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-house.Licensed Slaughter-houses.
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    Cases of Infectious Disease which occurred in Tenements of less than Four Rooms, During the Years 1894-1904.
    The Year.In Three-Room Tenements.In Two-Room Tenements.In One-Room Tenements.Total.
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    Cases of Infectious Disease occurring in One-Room Tenements.
    The Year.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Typhus Fever.Typhoid Fever.Total.
  • Page 91
    PUBLIC MORTUARY. Bodies were deposited at the Mortuary during the year to the number of 334, upon applications as follows:—
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    TABLE VI. (Table I. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births and Deaths in 1904, and in the preceding ten 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 99
    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 1904, and the preceding ten 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 99
    TABLE IX. (Table IV. in Annual Reports prior to 1900.) Showing the number of Deaths in the Borough at all ages, in 1904, 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 to 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.
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    TABLE VIII. (Table III. in Annual Reports prior to1900.) Deaths registered from all causes in the Year 1904. (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 18.
    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
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    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.Kensington Town.Brompton.
  • Page 104 105
    TABLE VIII.—continued.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under Five Years of AgeGrand Total all Ages.Sub-district.
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 1515 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 7575 to 85.85 and upwards.Kensing ton Town.Brompton.
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    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.Kensington TownBrompton
  • Page 108
    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, 1894-1903, and in the year 1904.
    diseases.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.1901.1902.1903.Annual Average of ten years, 1894-1903.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from all causes in ten years, 1894-1903.Deaths in 1904.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from all causes in 1904.
  • Page 109
    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 244 fatal cases of the Principal Zymotic Diseases during the year 1904. 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.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-cough.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Diarrhoæa.Total
  • Page 110
    TABLE XI.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-cough.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Diarrhæa.Total.
  • Page 111
    TABLE XI.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-cough.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Diarrhæa.Total.
  • Page 112
    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 922 cases of Infectious Disease were notified, chicken-pox being omitted, when in a street a single case of that disease only was notified under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during the year 1904. 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.Chicken-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Total.
  • Page 113
    TABLE XII.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Small-pox.Chicken-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Total.
  • Page 114
    TABLE XII.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-DistrictWard.Small-pox.Chicken-pox.Scarlet Fe\er.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Total.
  • Page 115
    TABLE XII.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Small-pox.Chicken-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Total.
  • Page 116
    TABLE XII.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Ward.Small-pox.Chicken-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Total.
  • Page 117
    TABLE A. Population of Kensington, 1856-1904; Marriages and Marriage-rate (1871-1904); Births and and Birth-rate, and Deaths and Death-rate 1856-1904; and Infantile Mortality (1871-1904).
    The Year.Population.Marriages.Marriage Rate.Births.Birth Rate.Deaths.Death Rate.Deaths under One Year.Deaths under One Year per 1,000 Registered Births.
    Kensington.London.Kensington.London.
  • Page 118
    TABLE B. Annual Number of Deaths in Kensington from the Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class (1856-1904); and Death-rate from these Diseases, 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-Cough.Fever.Diarrhœa.Total.Per 1,000 persons living.Deaths per 1,000 Deaths from all Causes, Kensington.
    Typhus.Enteric.Pyrexia.Kensington.London.
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    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.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhœa.Total.
    TyphusEntericPyrexia
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    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 Diarrhœa.
    Quinquennial Period.1234567Death-rate per 1,000 from—
    Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough"Fever."Diarrhœa.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).