Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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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SUMMARY OF VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS, KENSINGTON, 1897.
During the four weeks ended. | Births. | Deaths. | death-rate. | deaths at ages. | deaths from zymotic diseases. | diseases of respiratory system. | Deaths from Phthisis. | Deaths from Heart Disease. | Deaths under Five from Scrofulous Diseases. | Mean Temperature. | ||||||||||||||
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1897. | Decennial Average. | 1897. | Decennial Average. | 0-1 | 1-5 | 60 and upwards. | Totals. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Simple continued Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Totals. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | |||||||
January 30 | 342* | 206 | 15.7 | 22.3 | 18.6 | 25.8 | 47 | 22 | 60 | 12 | ... | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 37 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 35.4 |
February 27 | 280 | 209 | 15.9 | 18.7 | 19.0 | 21.6 | 38 | 19 | 60 | 11 | ... | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | 39 | 20 | 13 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 42.7 |
March 27 | 299 | 209 | 15.9 | 19.5 | 17.9 | 22.5 | 36 | 25 | 65 | 11 | ... | ... | 7 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 44 | 27 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 45.0 |
April 24 | 248 | 187 | 14.2 | 17.1 | 17.3 | 20.0 | 36 | 18 | 62 | 8 | ... | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 44.6 |
May 22 | 291 | 181 | 13.8 | 16.8 | 15.8 | 19.0 | 33 | 13 | 53 | 7 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 37 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 50.4 |
June 19 | 303 | 186 | 14.2 | 15.6 | 14.7 | 17.8 | 41 | 15 | 52 | 15 | ... | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 36 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 57.8 |
July 17 | 282 | 187 | 14.2 | 15.0 | 14.9 | 17.9 | 48 | 21 | 50 | 30 | ... | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ... | 17 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 63.9 |
August 14 | 290 | 223 | 17.0 | 16.1 | 23.9 | 20.1 | 82 | 25 | 44 | 54 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 49 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 65.8 |
September 11 | 294 | 189 | 14.4 | 13.6 | 19.5 | 17.5 | 64 | 20 | 52 | 43 | ... | 1 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | 36 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 58.2 |
October 9 | 266 | 157 | 14.2 | 13.2 | 15.7 | 16.3 | 37 | 23 | 40 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 10 | ... | 4 | ... | 3 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 53.7 |
November 6 | 275 | 217 | 16.3 | 15.0 | 17.3 | 18.5 | 45 | 35 | 47 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | ... | 3 | 39 | 28 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 50.2 |
December 4 | 242† | 224 | 17.1 | 16.8 | 19.9 | 19.6 | 46 | 34 | 67 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | ... | 6 | 50 | 28 | 10 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 44.5 |
January 1, 1898 | 271 | 262 | 20.0 | 18.4 | 22.2 | 21.4 | 56 | 33 | 83 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | ... | 3 | 78 | 55 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 42.4 |
TOTALS | 3,683 | 2,667 | 15.6 | 16.8 | 18.4 | 19.8 | 609 | 303 | 735 | 310 | 33 | 29 | 82 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 125 | 491 | 293 | 130 | 240 | 190 | 74 | 50.3 |
* Maximum number during the year, and so throughout the table.
+ Minimum number during the year, and so throughout the table.