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Kensington 1915
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1915
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15
TUBERCULOSIS.
The number of deaths from tuberculosis was 261, the crude and standardised death-rates being
1.53 per 1,000. The mortality in the years 1901-1915 from phthisis, other tuberculous diseases,
and all forms of tuberculosis is expressed in the following Table as the number of deaths per
100,000 persons living in the periods to which the death-rates refer.
Tuberculosis in Kensington, 1901-1915. Number of Deaths and Death-rate per 100,000 persons living.
| Period. | Phthisis. | Other Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculosis—All Forms. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Death-rate. | Deaths. | Death-rate. | Deaths. | Death-rate. | |
| 1901-1910 | 1,966 | 113 | 807 | 46 | 2,773 | 159 |
| 1911-1915 | 896 | 104 | 302 | 35 | 1,198 | 139 |
Since 1900 the death-rate from tuberculosis has varied between extremes of 195 per 100,000
in 1904, and 109 in 1910, as compared with a rate of 153 in the year under consideration. In the
year under notice the deaths from phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis) numbered 184, and corresponded
to a crude death-rate of 108 per 1,000 living. The deaths from other forms of tuberculosis
numbered 77, and were equivalent to a death-rate of 0.5 per 1,000 of the population.
The incidence of deaths from tuberculosis on the Wards in the Borough was as follows :-
Deaths from Tuberculosis in Wards, 1906-1910, 1915, and 1911-1915.
| District. | Number of Deaths. | Death-rate per 10,000. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Other Forms. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Other Forms. | |||||
| 1906-10 | 1915. | 1911-15. | 1915. | 1906-10. | 1915. | 1911-15 | 1915. | |
| North Kensington | 623 | 131 | 638 | 56 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 6 |
| South Kensington | 252 | 48 | 240 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| St. Charles | 125 | 25 | 138 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 4 |
| Golborne | 182 | 45 | 184 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 7 |
| Norland | 222 | 41 | 210 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 8 |
| Pembridge | 94 | 20 | 106 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 5 |
| Holland | 73 | 14 | 58 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| Earl's Court | 65 | 8 | 56 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Queen's Gate | 26 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Redcliffe | 57 | 15 | 61 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Brompton | 31 | 6 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Unknown | – | 5 | 18 | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| The Borough | 875 | 184 | 896 | 77 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 5 |
The death-rate in North Kensington from phthisis was more than twice as great as the rate
in the South, and the heaviest mortality in the North under both heads fell on the Ward of
Norland.