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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 1906
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1906
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| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Kensington. | Total Cases Notified in each Sub-District. | Number of Cases removed to Hospital from each Sub-District. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years | Kensington Town. | Brompton. | Kensington Town. | Brompton. | ||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5. | 5to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25to 65. | 65 and upwards | ||||||
| Small-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 163 | 3 | 54 | 65 | 28 | 18 | ... | 117 | 46 | 101 | 39 |
| Membranous croup | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
| Erysipelas | 149 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 93 | 28 | 125 | 24 | 3 | 1 |
| Scarlet fever | 463 | 3 | 111 | 270 | 62 | 17 | ... | 377 | 86 | 340 | 77 |
| Typhus fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .. |
| Enteric fever | 38 | ... | ... | 5 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 22 | 4 |
| Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal fever | 12 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 9 | ... | 11 | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 826 | 9 | 170 | 348 | 107 | 163 | 29 | 656 | 170 | 468 | 121 |
Table showing the Notifications, in 1906, in the Borough, the Sub-Districts, the Parliamentary Divisions, and the Wards.
| Area. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Totals. | Population. | Notifications per 1,000 of the population. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Borough | 463 | 163 | 38 | ... | 12 | 149 | 1 | 826 | 179,500 | 4.6 | |
| Sub-Districts— | |||||||||||
| Kensington Town | 377 | 117 | 25 | ... | 11 | 125 | 1 | 656 | 130,100 | 5.0 | |
| Brompton | 86 | 46 | 13 | ... | 1 | 24 | ... | 170 | 49,400 | 3.4 | |
| Parliamentary Divisions— | |||||||||||
| North Kensington | 806 | 95 | 21 | . . . | 9 | 95 | 1 | 527 | 92,550 | 5.7 | |
| South Kensington | 157 | 68 | 17 | ... | 3 | 54 | ... | 299 | 86,950 | 3.4 | |
| Wards— | |||||||||||
| North K. | St. Charles | 88 | 22 | 4 | ... | 2 | 22 | 1 | 139 | 22,300 | 6.2 |
| Golborne | 88 | 89 | 6 | ... | 6 | 80 | ... | 164 | 26,750 | 6.1 | |
| Norland | 87 | 19 | 3 | ... | ... | 21 | ... | 130 | 23,860 | 5.4 | |
| tPembridge | 48 | 15 | 8 | ... | 1 | 22 | ... | 94 | 19,640 | 4.8 | |
| South K. | Holland | 41 | 12 | 3 | ... | 2 | 17 | ... | 75 | 20,740 | 8.6 |
| Earl's Court | 39 | 14 | 3 | ... | ... | 11 | ... | 67 | 18,340 | 8.7 | |
| Queen's Gate | 23 | 10 | 2 | ... | ... | 18 | ... | 48 | 14,500 | 8.8 | |
| Redcliffe | 84 | 16 | 6 | ... | 1 | 10 | ... | 67 | 18.990 | 8.5 | |
| Brompton | 20 | 16 | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 42 | 14,380 | 2.9 | |