London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
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
This page requires JavaScript
| The Year. | Population. | Total Births. | Males. | Females. | Birth-rate per 1.000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Excess of male births in the ten years 405
| Four Weeks ended | Metropolis. | Borough. | Sub-Districts. | Parlia-mentary Divisions. | Wards. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington Town. | Brompton. | North. | South. | St. Charles. | Golborne. | Norland. | Pembridge. | Holland. | Earl's Court. | Queen's Gate. | Red-cliffe. | Brompton. | |||
| January 28 | 28·6 | 20·4 | 25·4 | 7·1 | 30·4 | 9·7 | 28·6 | 42·9 | 29·0 | 17·3 | 16·3 | 7·8 | 5·4 | 11·0 | 5·4 |
| February 25 | 28·3 | 20·9 | 25·1 | 10·0 | 30·1 | 11·1 | 29·2 | 39·5 | 28·4 | 20·5 | 13·2 | 16·3 | 8·1 | 8·2 | 8·2 |
| March 25 | 28·2 | 19·1 | 22·6 | 9·8 | 27·8 | 9·9 | 26·3 | 38·0 | 27·3 | 15·9 | 12·6 | 8·5 | 5·3 | 13·0 | 8·2 |
| April 22 | 26·4 | 18·1 | 20·2 | 12·4 | 22·8 | 13·0 | 22·8 | 29·2 | 17·5 | 20·6 | 15·6 | 13·5 | 10·8 | 16·5 | 7·3 |
| May 20 | 28·7 | 20·9 | 24·7 | 10·8 | 28·7 | 12·6 | 28·1 | 30·7 | 30·0 | 25·2 | 17·0 | 16·3 | 9·0 | 10·3 | 8·2 |
| June 17 | 25·8 | 18·8 | 21·8 | 10·8 | 25·1 | 12·1 | 30·4 | 28·3 | 25·1 | 14·6 | 15·7 | 12·8 | 6·3 | 16·5 | 6·3 |
| July 15 | 27·4 | 20·1 | 22·8 | 12·9 | 26·5 | 13·3 | 24·0 | 33·6 | 23·5 | 23·2 | 11·3 | 18·5 | 14·4 | 13·0 | 9·1 |
| August 12 | 26·9 | 19·8 | 23·1 | 11·1 | 27·2 | 12·0 | 27·5 | 28·3 | 30·0 | 21·9 | 13·2 | 13·5 | 9·9 | 13·0 | 9·1 |
| September 9 | 27·1 | 20·2 | 22·5 | 13·9 | 27·3 | 12·6 | 25·7 | 35·1 | 27·9 | 17·9 | 9·4 | 16·3 | 9·0 | 15·8 | 11·8 |
| October 7 | 25·9 | 18·4 | 22·4 | 7·9 | 26·1 | 10·3 | 26·3 | 35·1 | 24·0 | 15·9 | 17·0 | 10·0 | 7·2 | 7·6 | 8·2 |
| November 4 | 26·7 | 19·1 | 21·8 | 11·9 | 25·6 | 12·1 | 28·6 | 30·7 | 27·9 | 12·6 | 11·3 | 12·1 | 12·6 | 16·5 | 7·3 |
| December 2 | 26·2 | 17·8 | 21·5 | 7·9 | 26·2 | 8·8 | 22·8 | 29·7 | 32·2 | 17·9 | 8·8 | 13·5 | 6·3 | 6·9 | 8·2 |
| December 30 | 25·1 | 17·4 | 21·1 | 7·7 | 25·6 | 8·7 | 32·7 | 33·1 | 20·2 | 13·9 | 12·6 | 7·1 | 4·5 | 10·3 | 7·3 |
| Birtd-rate for tde year 1905 | 27·0 | 19·3 | 22·7 | 10·3 | 26·9 | 11·3 | 27·2 | 33·4 | 26·4 | 18·3 | 13·3 | 12·8 | 8·4 | 12·2 | 8·0 |
Table A, Appendix II. (page 129) gives the number of births and the birth-rate for each of
the fifty years, 1856-1905.
DEATHS AND DEATH-RATE.
The registered deaths, inclusive of 324 of parishioners at outlying public institutions, etc.,
but exclusive of 673 of non-parishioners at public institutions, etc., within the borough, were '2,507
(males 1,242, females 1,265), and 295 below the corrected decennial average (2,802). Of these
deaths, 1,971 were registered in the Town sub-district and 536 in Brompton.