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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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As showing the increasing longevity of people of both
sexes, in London, and the greater expectation of life in the
female sex, as compared with the male sex, the subjoined
statement of the death-rate in London, in three decennial
periods, as reported by the medical officer of health to the
County Council, will repay perusal.
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| Age Period. | Males. | Females. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | 1861-70 | 1871-80 | 1881-90 | 1861-70 | 1871-80 | 1881-90 |
| 26•55 | 24•38 | 22•10 | 22•34 | 20•60 | 18•83 | |
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. | |
| 1st Quarter | 329 | 382 | 711 | 63 | 98 | 161 | 872 |
| 2nd ,, | 279 | 277 | 556 | 68 | 51 | 119 | 675 |
| 3rd „ | 272 | 293 | 565 | 45 | 60 | 105 | 670 |
| 4th „ | 228 | 242 | 470 | 51 | 60 | 111 | 581 |
| 1108 | 1194 | 2302 | 227 | 269 | 496 | 2798 | |
| The Births were, of Males, 1,830 | The Deaths were, of Males, | 1,335 | |||||
| ,, Females, 1,803 | " | Females 1.463 | |||||
| Total Births, 3,633 | Total Deaths, | 2,798 | |||||
| Deduct 2,798 Deaths | |||||||
| Shows 835 excess of Births over Deaths. | |||||||