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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

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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.
Small-pox.....................111...1.20.410.4
Measles1083317333120249877933479.329.06726.4
Scarlet Fever222739292310415211420.47.151.9
Diphtheria7589728226422738202449.518.1176.7
Whooping-cough6139991952593362219053.519.6197.5
Typhus Fever............2......1......0.30.1......
Enteric Fever211515211223161119916.25.962.4
Simp. Continued Fever.3111..................0.60.210.4
Diarrhœa5611861125112101105115789796.835.512850.4
TOTALS.Kensington346322460310347259283320263268317.8115.924496.1
London11,54411,54414,10011,52512,56511,22810,18710,20310,3938,16611,145135.59,990129.6
England & Wales52,77164,90166,93667,05169,71469,82064,05966,53153,79549,15062,472114.465,633119