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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: 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.

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.
January 8018·818·219·614·622·313·819·917·130·122·618·313·54·512·419·1
February 2717·413·814·811·117·59·916·419·118·615·310·111·45·49·612·7
March 2618·817·819·413·821·713·721·122·529·012·615·116·49·912·413·6
April 2317·516·818·113·519·211·314·121·027·412·612·620·79·913·813·6
May 2115·512·413·98·215·78·916·414·719·211·98·89·37·210·38·2
June 1813·410·611·29·311·69·67·016·111·510·68·8.13·59·98·37·3
July 1612·910·311·96·413·66·911·711·717·014·06·95·74·56·910·9
August 1318·016·018·011·019·212·714·722·025·213·315·111·411·713·810·0
September 1018·013·316·35·319·56·618·222·520·815·310·15·04·55·57·3
October 814·310·512·84·514·46·316·410·116· 47·310·111·42·73·41·3
November 515·112·514·28·215·98·917·613·222·510·08·211·48·18·38·2
December 317·716·518·012·719·213·725·815·623·611·321·412·16·313·811·8
December 3118·916·117·412·720·211·718·816·124·122·612·612·89·011·711·8
Death rate for the Year 190416·614·215·810·117·710·516·817·521·913·812·211·97·210·010·5

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SUMMARY OF VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS, KENSINGTON.
In the table at page 14, the principal vital and mortal statistics of the year have been
arranged in thirteen four-weekly periods corresponding to the dates of the monthly reports.
The birth-rate was 19·3 per 1000; the death-rate 14·2 per 1,000. There were, as usual,
considerable fluctuations in the rate at different periods of the year, ranging between the minimum
(10·3) in the seventh four-weekly period, ended July 16th, and the maximum (18·2), in the first
four-weekly period, ended January 30th. The rate in six of the periods was above, and in seven
below, the average for the year. The deaths in the first half of the year (1,310) were 80 more than
those in the second half (1,230); the death-rate in the two half-years being 14·7 and 13·8 respectively.
The deaths from the principal diseases of the zymotic class were 244—twenty-two fewer than in
1903, and 84 below the decennial average; 108 of them occurred in the first half of the year, 136 in
the second. Measles was the prevalent and most fatal disease in the first half; the deaths in the
first sixteen weeks numbering 58 out of a total of 67 in the year. One hundred and nine of the 128
deaths (mostly infantile) from diarrhoea occurred in the second half of the year; 100 of them in
twelve weeks, July 17th to October 8th. The deaths from diseases of the respiratory organs (506)
were more by 27 than in 1903. Diseases of the heart were the causes of 212 deaths, compared with
192 in the preceding year. Phthisis was fatal to 226 persons against 212 in 1903; other tubercular
diseases claimed 116 victims, compared with 73 in the preceding year.