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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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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. | |||||||||||||||
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| 1898. | Decennial Average. | 1898. | Decennial Average. | 0—i | '—5 | 60 and upwards. | Totals. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Simple continued Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Totals. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | |||||||
| January 29 | 338* | 290 | 21.9 | 21.7 | 22.4 | 25.3 | 51 | 36 | 104 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 87 | 59 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 43.2 |
| February 26 | 291 | 255 | 19.3 | i8.4 | 21.8 | 21.5 | 46 | 32 | 83 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | i | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 68 | 52 | 14 | 23 | 15 | io | 41.8 |
| March 26 | 251 | 270 | 20.5 | i8.9 | 21 .0 | 22.1 | 45 | 55 | 89 | 48 | 36 | ... | 4 | 6 | ... | i | ... | 1 | 63 | 47 | 11 | 20 | 21 | 6 | |
| Aprii. 23 | 270 | 229 | 17.3 | 17.0 | i9.6 | 19.8 | 49 | 48 | 61 | 44 | 3i | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 51 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 46.4 | |
| May 21 | 273 | 207 | 15.6 | 16.6 | 16.4 | 18.7 | 26 | 38 | 63 | 32 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 41 | 22 | 14 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 49.9 |
| June 18 | 282 | 199 | 15.0 | 15.4 | 15.6 | 17.5 | 45 | 36 | 62 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | i | 44 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 55.5 |
| July 16 | 271 | 195 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 17.5 | 60 | 29 | 50 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 31 | 20 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 60.4 | ||
| August 13 | 319 | 222 | 16.8 | 15.9 | 17.8 | 20.i | 92 | 27 | 48 | 38 | 3 | 3 | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | 25 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 62.4 |
| September 10. | 274 | 202 | 15.3 | 13.6 | 22.5 | 17 .6 | 78 | 25 | 44 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 40 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 66.6 | |||
| October 8 | 273 | 196 | 14.8 | 20.3 | 59 | 21 | 59 | 29 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 24 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 58.2 | ||
| November 5 | 274 | 189 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 17.1 | 18.2 | 46 | 66 | 9 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 32 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 52.5 | |
| December 3 | 272 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 19.4 | 14 | 72 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 37 | 27 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 45.8 | ||||
| December 31 | 176 | 1.33 | 18.7 | 17.2 | 21.5 | 29 | 12 | 60 | 10 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 44 | 34 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 48.2 | ||
| TOTALS | 3,633 | 2,798 | 16.3 | 16.7 | 18.7 | 20.7 | 555 | 384 | 862 | 347 | 120 | 23 | 26 | 52 | 12 | 2 | ... | 112 | 571 | 376 | 147 | 217 | 182 | 87 | 51.3 |
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* Maximum number during the year, and so throughout the table.
t Minimum number during the year, and so throughout the table.