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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 1897

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1897

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Table: TABLE II. Showing the Annual Birth-rate and Death-rate; Death-rates of Children; and Proportion of Deaths in Public Institutions to 1,000 Deaths, for the year 1897, and the preceding ten years.

TABLE II. Showing the Annual Birth-rate and Death-rate; Death-rates of Children; and Proportion of Deaths in Public Institutions to 1,000 Deaths, for the year 1897, 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 Children under 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.*
1897.21.615.6165229342315
189621.416.7176227384283
189521.416.2172227346277
189421.715.6174242389285
189321.817.4170214331254
189222.217.2158204337238
189123.118.4164206315252
189023.317.8168221371207
188922.314.6132203327236
188822.817.1160214381208
188723.917.4172237393212
Average of 10 years, 1887-1896.22.416.8165220357245

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*Includes Deaths of Parishioners at outlying Public Institutions, but excludes Deaths of Non-Parishioners at Brompton
Consumption Hospital, St. Marylebone Infirmary, Notting-hill, &c.