Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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 II.
Names of Localities. | Kensington. | Kensington Town. | Brompton. | |||||||||
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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. |
1894 | 168,600 | 3,665 | 2,623 | 636 | 120,720 | 3,055 | 2,091 | 552 | 47,880 | 610 | 532 | 84 |
1895 | 169,300 | 3,621 | 2,748 | 624 | 121,280 | 3,052 | 2,231 | 552 | 48,020 | 569 | 517 | 72 |
1896 | 170,000 | 3,717 | 2,891 | 656 | 121,840 | 3,101 | 2,344 | 578 | 48,160 | 616 | 547 | 78 |
1897 | 170,700 | 3,683 | 2,667 | 609 | 122,400 | 3,133 | 2,169 | 531 | 48,300 | 550 | 498 | 78 |
1898 | 172,000 | 3.633 | 2,798 | 655 | 123,600 | 3,078 | 2,302 | 593 | 48,400 | 555 | 496 | 62 |
1899 | 172,400 | 3,590 | 3,021 | 642 | 123,900 | 3,046 | 2,455 | 574 | 48,500 | 544 | 566 | 68 |
1900 | 173,000 | 3,586 | 2,698 | 641 | 124,300 | 3,021 | 2,193 | 581 | 48,700 | 565 | 505 | 60 |
1901 | 177,000 | 3,602 | 2,650 | 581 | 128,300 | 3,046 | 2,192 | 506 | 48,700 | 556 | 458 | 75 |
1902 | 177,500 | 3,488 | 2,746 | 515 | 128,660 | 2,956 | 2,243 | 449 | 48,840 | 532 | 503 | 66 |
1903 | 178,000 | 3,565 | 2,455 | 510 | 129,020 | 3,033 | 1,998 | 461 | 48,980 | 532 | 457 | 49 |
Averages of years 1894 1903. | 172,850 | 3,615 | 2,730 | 607 | 124,402 | 3,052 | 2,222 | 538 | 48,448 | 563 | 508 | 69 |
1904 | 178,500 | 3,448 | 2,540 | 503 | 129,380 | 2,934 | 2,045 | 451 | 49,120 | 514 | 495 | 52 |
Note.—Deaths of residents occurring outside the Borough are included in the table; those
of non-residents occurring in the Borough are excluded. Deaths of residents occurring in public
institutions are allotted to the respective sub-districts according to the previous addresses of the
deceased
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. | ||||||||
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All Ages. | Under 1 | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | Kensington Town- | Bromp-ton. | |||
Small-pox | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | l | ... | l | ... | l | |
Measles | 67 | 11 | 52 | 3 | ... | l | ... | 61 | 6 | 9 | |
Scarlet Fever | 5 | l | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 5 | |
Whooping-Cough | 19 | 7 | 12 | . . . | ... | ... | ... | 16 | 3 | 3 | |
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | 17 | 1 | 11 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 3 | 15 | |
Croup | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | . . . | . . . | ||
Fever | Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enteric | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
Other continued | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | |
Epidemic Influenza | 50 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 17 | 28 | 30 | 20 | 4 | |
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Diarrhoea | 130 | 109 | 12 | ... | ... | 2 | 6 | 126 | 4 | 14 | |
Enteritis | 27 | 11 | 5 | ... | ... | 3 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 10 | |
Puerperal Fever | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | l | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | |
Other septic diseases | 11 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 7 | |
Phthisis | 226 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 167 | 18 | 194 | 32 | 120 | |
Other tubercular diseases | 116 | 32 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 95 | 21 | 45 | |
Cancer, Malignant disease | 174 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 106 | 65 | 131 | 43 | 49 | |
Bronchitis | 256 | 36 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 123 | 217 | 39 | 77 | |
Pneumonia | 197 | 42 | 52 | 3 | 5 | 59 | 36 | 164 | 33 | 31 | |
Pleurisy | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | |
Other diseases of Respiratory Organs | 49 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 21 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 12 | |
Alcoholism | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | ||
Cirrhosis of Liver | 81 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24 | 7 | 23 | 8 | 12 | |
Venereal Diseases | 10 | 6 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 9 | 1 | 2 | |
Premature Birth | 71 | 71 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 59 | 12 | 4 | |
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | ... | 5 | 2 | ... | |
Heart Diseases | 212 | 1 | ... | 2 | 5 | 107 | 97 | 155 | 57 | 78 | |
Accidents | 75 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 58 | 17 | 27 | |
Suicides | 21 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 7 | |
All other causes | 728 | 141 | 28 | 16 | 22 | 247 | 274 | 567 | 161 | 241 | |
All causes | 2,540 | 503 | 253 | 57 | 81 | 938 | 708 | 2,045 | 495 | 788 |
Note.—Deaths of residents occurring outside the Borough are included in the Table; those
of non-residents occurring in the Borough are excluded.
* Table III.—"Cases of Infectious Disease notified.—See page 33.