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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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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Enteric Fever in Kensington, 1895-1905.
| Year. | Cases Notified. | Case rate per 1,000 of population. | Deaths. | Death rate per 1,000 of population. | Case Mortality per cent. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895 | 99 | 0.58 | 15 | 0.08 | 15.1 | |
| 1896 | 94 | 0.55 | 15 | 0.08 | 16.0 | |
| 1897 | 117 | 0.69 | 21 | 0.12 | 18.0 | |
| 1898 | 104 | 0.60 | 12 | 0.07 | 11.5 | |
| 1899 | 107 | 0.62 | 23 | 0.13 | 21.5 | |
| 1900 | 104 | 0.60 | 16 | 0.09 | 15.4 | |
| 1901 | 97 | 0.55 | 11 | 0.06 | 11.3 | |
| 1902 | 80 | 0.45 | 19 | 0.11 | 23.7 | |
| 1903 | 61 | 0.34 | 9 | 0.05 | 14.8 | |
| 1904 | 46 | 0.26 | 6 | 0.03 | 13.0 | |
| 1905 | 49 | 0.27 | 13 | 0.07 | 26.5 | |
The deaths in London, as a whole, were 243 (the lowest number on record), and 353 below
the corrected decennial average (596). The notifications were 1,549 (1,902 in 1904): the admissions
to hospitals 587 (compared with 1,806,967, and 750, in the preceding three years), and the
deaths therein 82. At the close of the year there remained 78 cases under treatment, against
210, 246, and 159, at the corresponding period of the preceding three years. The mortality rate
was 0.05 per 1,000 of the population.
No case of Typhus Fever was notified in the Borough; and 9 cases only in London, as
a whole, there being no death from this cause.
No death occurred in the Borough from simple continued fever (Pyrexia); two cases were
notified. The deaths and notifications in London, as a whole from this cause, were 3 and 14
respectively.
DIARRHŒA.
Diarrhoea was the cause of 90 deaths, compared with 78, 97, and 128, in the preceding
three years; 86 in the Town sub-district and 4 in Brompton; the corrected decennial average
being 107. The deaths under one year, 65, were in the proportion of 18.8 per 1,000 births. The
mortality rate was 0.50 per 1,000 of the population.
The deaths in London, as a whole, were 3,410, and 571 below the corrected decennial
average (3,981): 3,145 of the deaths were of children under five years of age, including 2,642 of
infants under one year. The mortality rate was 0.72 per 1,000 of the population. Of the 3,356
deaths 2,125 were certified Epidemic Diarrhœa, or Infective Enteritis, and 1,285 Diarrhœa,
Dysentery.
INFLUENZA.
Forty-nine deaths were registered from influenza, as compared with 68, 41, and 50, in the
three preceding years; 36 in the Town sub-district, and 13 in Brompton. The deaths in London,
as a whole, from this cause were 689, against 1,073, 644, and 709, in the preceding three years.