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Kensington 1905

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year 1905

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Summary of Vital and Mortal Statistics of the Royal Borough of Kensington, 1905.

During the Four Weeks endedBirths.Deaths.Death-rate.Deaths at Ages.Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.Deaths from Diseases of Respiratory SystemDeaths from Phthisis.Deaths from Heart Disease.Deaths under Five from Tubercular DiseaseMean Temperature.
Kensington.London.
1905.Decennial Average.1905.Decennial Average.0—11—560 and up-wards.Totals.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-Cough.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Simple con-tinued Fever.Diarrhœa.Totals.Bronchitis.Pneumonia
January 2828122516·317·817·520·23817988...1...141......17736281222338·0°
February 25*28823116·817·617·020·738198318...121101......35426182019642·4°
March 2526322916·619·416·321·654188116......11102......25927271712743·9°
April 2224922216·116·315·518·731338912...2117.........15423241518445·8°
May 2028818313·314·414·816·738236021...322101......33813211611451·2°
June 1725918113·113·114·115·337246526...81...102......53011161019156·8°
July 1527714510·513·111·715·026175016...7211.........51759717264·3°
August 1227317212·516·115·019·346244830...32142......1821711169363·5°
September 927818613·514·216·718·668145048...82......1......37166589160·0°
October 725415111·012·913·416·42895116...61...............9226122012352·6°
November 426318613·514·515·317·025326018...94...3.........24214261321644·6°
December 224521215·416·017·918·435128110...41111......25327211924540·9°
,, 30†24018413·417·318·219·43417578...22......2......25429212616640·8°
Totals3,4582,50714·015·6‡15·118·3498259873247...542196013......905372302391992095149·9°

* Maximum number during the year, and so throughout the table. Minimum number during the year, and so throughout the table.
This rate, 15.1, is arrived at after excluding deaths of non Londoners. The thirteen four weekly ratio as given in the Weekly Returns are equivalent to 15 .6 per 1,000.