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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 1898

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

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Table: THE TRUE DEATH-RATE OF KENSINGTON IN 1898.

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.
Under five years of age15,3687,6477,7211,03954849167•671•763•6
Five and under 1528,08713,40814,6797430442•62•23•0
Fifteen and under 2538,43613,39125,0459040502•32•92•0
Twenty-five and under 3533,00411,13321,87113770674•26•33•1
Thirty-five and under 4522,9758,99313,982199891108•79•97•9
Forty-five and under 5516,2966,5549,74227313613716•720•814•1
Fifty-five and under 659,9243,9535,97130215115130•438•225•3
Sixty-five and under 755,5982,1163,48231713917856•665•751•1
Seventy-five and upwards2,3127751,537367132235158•7170•3152•9
Totals172,00067,970104,0302,7981,3351,463......