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Kensington 1898

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1898

Published
1899
Author
Dudfield, T. Orme.
Pages
199
Tables
56

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  • Page 5
    (a)ENTIRE PARISH.
    All Ages.Under Five Years.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.!35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 to 95.95 and upwards.All Ages.
  • Page 5
    (i)KENSINGTON TOWN SUB-DISTRICT.
    All Ages.Under Five Years,5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 to 95.95 and upwards.All Ages.
  • Page 5
    (c) BROMPTON SUB-DISTRICT.
    All Ages.Under Five Years.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.>85 to 95.95 and upwards.All Ages.
  • Page 6
    Population of the Wards.— I subjoin a statement of the population of the Wards, as ascertained in March, 1896:—
    Name of Ward.Enumerated Population.—1896
  • Page 7
    Growth ofthe Parish.—The following table, brought up to date, exhibits the growth of the parish since the Metropolis Local Management Act came into operation, in 1856:—
    Number of Inhabited Houses18561898Increase in 42 years
  • Page 7
    The increase in all respects within the last twenty-seven years, the period over which my official experience extends, is not inconsiderable, as the subjoined figures show :—
    Number of Inhabited Houses18711898Increase in 27 years.
  • Page 11
    The subjoined table shows the quarterly number of births of males and females in the parish, and in each of the subdistricts:—
    Kensington Town.Brompton.
    MalesFemalesTotalMalesFemalesTotalParish
  • Page 11
    The subjoined table shows the population, the number of births, and the birth-rate for each of the ten years 1888-97 :—
    The Year.Population.Total Births.Males.Females.per 1,000
  • Page 18
    Death-rate IN THE Metropolis AND IN Kensington, AND IN certain Districts OF THE Parish, During THE thirteen four-weekly periods ended December 31ST, 1898, and in the Registration Year, 1898.
    Four Weeks Ended.MetroPolis.Parish.Sub-Districts.Parliamentary DivisionSanitary Districts.
    Kensington Town.Brompton.North.South.North.NorthEast.NorthWest.Central.SouthEast.SouthWest.
  • Page 21
    THE TRUE DEATH-RATE OF KENSINGTON IN 1898.
    Age Period.Population.Deaths.Death-rate.
    Both SexesMales.Females.Both SexesMales.Females.Both SexesMale Sex.Female Sex.
  • Page 22
    Continued from previous page...
    Age Period.Males.Females.
  • Page 22
    The subjoined table shows the quarterly number of deaths of males and females, in the parish, and in each of the sub-districts.
    Kensington Town.Brampton.
    Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.Parish.
  • Page 23
    The subjoined table shows the annual death-rate per 1000 persons living in each of the last eleven years, in Kensington, in London and in England and Wales:—
    1898.1897.18961895.1894.1893.1892.1891.1890.1889.1888.
  • Page 26
    SUMMARY OF VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS, KENSINGTON, 1898.
    During the four weeks ended.Births.1Deaths.death-rate.deaths at ages.deaths from zymotic diseases.deaths from diseases of respiratory system.Deaths from Phthisis. |Deaths from Heart Disease.Deaths under Five,from 1 Scrofulous Diseases. |Mean Temperature.
    kensington.london.
    1898.Decennial Average.1898.Decennial Average.0—i'—560 and upwards.Totals.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-Cough.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Simple continued Fever.Diarrhoea.Totals.Bronchitis.Pneumonia.
  • Page 27
    The subjoined table shows the number of deaths from the several diseases, in the sub-districts, and at outlying public institutions:—
    Disease.Sub-Districts.In Hospital.Decennial Average.
    TownBromptonTownBromptonTotal.Uncorrected.Corrected for increase of Population.
  • Page 35
    Scarlet Fever in 1898.
    Report for four weeks ended.No. of Notifications Kensington London.No. of cases admittedto hospitals Kensington. London.No. of Deaths Kensington. London.No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period.
  • Page 35
    Scarlet Fever in 1897.
    Report for four weeks ended.No. of NotificationsNo. of cases admitted to hospitalsNot of DeathsNo of cases. in Hospital at the end of the period.
    KensingtonLondon.Kensington.London.Kensington.London.
  • Page 36
    Scarlet Fever Cases Recorded IN Kensington IN 1898, and in Ten Previous Years, in Thirteen Four-weekly Periods.
    The Year.Weeks. 1-4Weeks. 5-8Weeks. 9-12Weeks. 13-16Weeks. 17-20Weeks. 21-24Weeks. 25-28Weeks. 29-32Weeks. 33-36Weeks. 37-40Weeks. 41-44Weeks. 45-48Weeks. 49-52TOTAL
  • Page 37
    Statistics of Scarlet Fever in Kensington in 1898, and Ten Previous Years.
    The Year.No. of Recorded Cases.Total Number ofRecorded Cases.Percentage of Removals to total Recorded Cases.Deaths.Total Deaths.Percentage of Deaths.Percentage of Deaths toRecorded Cases.Deaths inLondon from Scarlet Fever.
    Treated at Home.Removed toHospital.At Home.InHospitals.At Home.InHospitals
  • Page 39
    The following table based on the thirteen four-weekly reports, sets out some particulars with regard to diphtheria, in Kensington and in London, in 1898. Diphtheria in 1989.
    Report for four weeks ended.No. of NotificationsNo. of cases admitted to hospitalNo. of DeathsNo. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period.
    KensingtonLondon.Kensington.London.Kensington.London
  • Page 40
    PARTICULARS WITH REFERENCE TO DIPHTHERIA IN KENSINGTON, IN 1898.
    Set out in Report for Four weeks ended.Total Cases Recorded.Cases Recorded inNorth Kensington.*Cases Recorded inSouth Kensington.*Cases removed to Hospital fromDeaths in
    North Kensington... -South Kensington.North Kensington.South Kensington.
  • Page 61
    The following table which is a SUMMARY of Table III. (appendix) shows the number of deaths from the various diseases in the several Classes and Orders.
    CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
    Order.No of Deaths.
  • Page 62
    (A) Table of DEATHS during the Year 1898, in the Parish of Kensington, in the Metropolitan District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities (See Note, page 61).
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics ; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Mortality from all causes,at subjoined aces.mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing deaths of children under five years of age
    At allages.d)Under zyear.Wi and under5(J)5 and under >5-(«)'5 and under 25*/)a5 and under 65.Of)6S and upwards(A)M1234567891011121314151617181920
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Typhus Fever.Fever.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping-cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    (Columns /or Population and Births are in Table B.,fiost).(a)Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
  • Page 64
    SUMMARY OF CAUSES OF DEATH, 1898.
    DISEASES.Under 1 year.Between 1 year and 60 years.At 60 years & upwards.Total.
  • Page 68
    The causes of death in inquest cases may be classified as follows:—
  • Page 70
    Metropolis.Rest of England.
    Cases lost.Cases lost.
  • Page 77
    "Return showing the permanent Fever Hospital Accommodation existing and projected—
    (i.) Accommodation existing—Beds.
  • Page 80
    (B) Table of POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS coming to the knowledge of the medical officer of health, during the year 1898, in the parish of Kensington, in the Metropolitan District ; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics ; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to theknowledge of the medical officer of health.Number op such Cases Removed from their Homesin the several localities for treatment inIsolation Hospital.
    Last Census.Estimatedto middle of 1898.1234567891011123456789to11
    Fever.Fever.
    Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranou* Croup.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.j Relapsing.Puerperal.Cholera.Erysipelas.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
  • Page 81
    Cases of Infectious Disease notified to the several Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health, under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 in the Fifty-two Weeks ended Saturday, 31 st Deccember, 1898.
    Name of District.Small-pox..Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Totals.Population 1896
  • Page 82
    Table showing the number of Cases of Infectious Disease Notified in Kensington, and in London, in 1898, Arranged in four-weekly periods.
    Date of Report.For Four Weeks endedWeeks of ihe Year.KENSINGTON.LONDON.Weeks of the Year.Date of Report.For Four Weeks ended.
    Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers. 1Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Total.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Total.
  • Page 86
    "At the beginning of the year, 663 workshops, &c., where women are employed were on the register. During the year, 92 new premises were placed on the register, and 83 were removed therefrom. The particulars are as follows:—
    Workshops,etc.North Kensington.South Kensington.TotalforwholeParish.
    Dressmakers.Laun-J dries.Miscellaneous.Total.Dressmakers.Laundries.Miscellaneous.Total.
  • Page 91
    FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACTS, 1878-1895 Summary Report of Work done during the year, 1898.
    North Kensington.South Kensington.Total for whole Parish
    Dress-makersLaun-driesMiscel-laneousTotalDress-makersLaun-driesMiscel-laneousTotal
  • Page 141
    The following statement shows the work done in giving effect to the bye-law :—
    North Kensington.South Kensington.Total.
  • Page 149
    THE PUBLIC MORTUARY. During the year 275 bodies were deposited at the public mortuary, upon application as follows:-
  • Page 168
    TABLE 1. Showing Population, Inhabited Houses., Marriages, Births, in 1898 and in the preceding ten years: gross number.
    The Year.Estimated Population1No. of Inhabited Houses, †Marriages.Registered Births.Deaths.
    Total,all Ages‡Under One Year.Under Five Years.In Public Institutions.§
  • Page 169
    TABLE II. Showing the Annual Birh-rate; Death-rates; Death-rates of Children; and Proportion of Deaths in Public Institutions to 1,000 Deaths, for the year 1898, and the preceding ten years.
    The Year.Birth-rate per 1,000 of the Population.Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population.Deaths of Children under one year ; per 1,000 of Registered Births.Deaths of Childrenunder one year ; per 1,000 of Total Deaths.Deaths of Children under five years ; per 1,000 of Total Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions ; per 1,000 of Total Deaths.*
  • Page 170 171
    TABLE III. Deaths registered from all causes in the year 1898. (Exclusive of the Deaths of Non-Parishioners at Public Institutions within the Parish, but inclusive of the Deaths of Parishioners at Public Institutions, etc., without the Parish.) For a Summary of this Table see page 61.
    causes of death.AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total All Ages.sub-district
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 585 and upwards.Kensington Town.Brompton.
  • Page 170 171
    2.—Diarrhœal Diseases.
  • Page 172 173
    TABLE III.—(continued).
    causes of death.AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total All Ages.SUB-DISTRICT
    0 to 11 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.Kensington Town.Brompton.
  • Page 174
    table iii.—(continued.)
    causes of death.AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total All Ages.SUB-DISTRICT
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.Kensington Town.Brompton.
  • Page 175
    TABLE IV. Showing the number of Deaths at all ages in 1898, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 100 of Population, and to 1000 Deaths from all causes: also the number of Deaths of infants, under one year of age, from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1000Births, and to 1000 Deaths from all causes under one year.
    Division I. (At all Ages).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1ooo of PopulationDeaths per 1ooo of Total Deaths
  • Page 176
    TABLE V. Showing the Number of Deaths from the Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class in the ten years 1888-97, and in the year 1898.
    Diseases.1888.1889.1890.1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.Annual Average of ten years 1888-97.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from all causes in ten years 1888-97.Deaths in 1898.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from all causes in 1898.
  • Page 177
    TABLE VI Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1898.
    Sanitary Districts.*No. of Complaints made by Inhabitants, &c.No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected.No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c.Written*Intimations of Nuisance served.Results of Inspection.Houses disinfected after illness of an Infectious character.House Drains.Water Closets.Dust Receptacles.Water Supply.Miscellaneous.
    Notices served by order of the Works and Sanitary Committee.Final Notices (signed by Medical Officer) served.Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &C.Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Ventilated, Trapped, &c.Repaired, &c.Supplied with Water.Soil-pipes Ventilated.New provided.Repaired, Covered, &c.Cisterns erected.Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, &c.Waste-pipes connected with drains, &c., abolished.No. of Lodging Houses newly Registered under 94th Section of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.3:Yards and Areas paved and drained.Animals removed, being improperly kept.Regularly Inspected.Legal proceedings, i.e., Summonses.
    akehouses.Licensed Cow-houses.Licensed Slaughter-houses.
  • Page 178
    TABLE VII.
    The Year.Deaths per 1000 living.Total Deaths from seven principal Zymotic Diseases, Kensington.Annual rate of mortality per 1000 living, from seven principal Zymotic Diseases.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths, from seven principal Zymotic Diseases.The Year.
    Kensington.London.Kensington.London.Kensington.London.
  • Page 179
    TABLE VIII. Comparative Analysis of the Mortality in all London, and in Kensington, in 1898.
    Annual Death-rate per 1000 living, from all causes.Annual Death-rate per 1000 living, from seven principal Zymotic diseases.Percentage of Deathsunder 1 year to Births RegisteredPERCENTAGE OF DEATHS TO TOTAL DEATHS
    Under 1 year of age.At 60 years of age and upwards.From seven principal Zymotic diseases.From Violence.Registeredupon information of Coroners. (Inquests.)Registered at Public Institutions.1Uncertified.
  • Page 180 181
    TABLE IX. Showing the Localities in which Fatal Cases of the Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class occurred in 1898 KENSINGTON TOWN REGISTRATION SUB-DISTRICT.
    Locality.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.whoopingcoughEnteric Fever.Typhus FeverDiarrhœa.Total.Locality.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-Enteric Fever.Typhus FeverDiarrhœa.Total.
  • Page 182
    TABLE IXa. Showing Streets, etc., in the Registration Sub-Districts, and in the Sanitary Inspecting Districts, from which the 1,004 cases of Infectious Disease were notified, under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during the year 1898. The Registration Sub-Districts are Kensington Town (= K T), and Brompton (= B). For list of Sanitary Districts see page 2.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Sanitary District.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Total.
  • Page 183
    TABLE IXa.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Sanitary District.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Total.
  • Page 184
    TABLE IXa.—continued
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Sanitary District.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Total.
  • Page 185
    TABLE IXa.—continued.
    Street or Place,Registration Sub-District.Sanitary District,Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Total.
  • Page 186
    TABLE IXa.—continuid.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-DistrictSanitary District.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Total.
  • Page 187
    TABLE IXa.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Sanitary District.J Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever. |Erysipelas.Croup.Total.
  • Page 188
    TABLE IXa.—continued.
    Street or Place.Registration Sub-District.Sanitary District.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Total.
  • Page 189
    TABLE X. Vaccination Officer's Return respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were Registered in 1897.* (Vide page 69).
    DATE.Registration Sub-Districts comprised in Vaccination Officer's District.Number ofBirths returned in Birth List Sheets.Number of these Births duly entered in Columns 10, 11 and 13 of the Vaccination Register (Birth List Sheets), viz. :Number of these Births which are not entered in the Vaccination Register, on account (as shewn by Report Book) of
    Column 10 Successfully vaccinatedColumn 11.Column 13Dead, Un-vacci-nated.Postponement by Medical Certificate.Removal to places unknown, or which cannot be reached, and cases not having been found.Cases stillunder proceed-ings, by summonsand otherwise.
    Insusceptible of Vaccina-tion.Conscientious Certificate ofobjection.
  • Page 190
    TABLE XI. LICENSED SLAUGHTER-HOUSES. SOUTH OF HOLLAND PARK AVENUE, (south kensington.)
    LOCALITY OF PREMISES.NAME OF LICENSEE.
  • Page 191
    TABLE XII. LICENSED COW-HOUSES. SOUTH OF HOLLAND PARK AVENUE, (south kensington.)
    LOCALITY OF PREMISES.NAME OF LICENSEE.