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From the above table it appears that the mortality from
diphtheria, enteric fever, and diarrhoea was in excess, that
from measles and whooping-cough greatly, and that from
scarlet fever slightly, below the corrected decennial average.
As usual the deaths in the Brompton sub district (36) were
fewer in proportion to population, than those in the Town
sub-district (274). The deaths from these diseases were equal
to 116 per 1,000 deaths from all causes in Kensington, the
proportion in the Metropolis as a whole being 142 per 1,000.
District Zymotic Death-rate.—The zymotic deathrate
in North Kensington (239 deaths) was 2.76 per 1,000
persons living, and in South Kensington (71 deaths) 0.84
per 1,000. The late in the several sanitary districts was as
follows:—
North 113 deaths or 3.44 per 1,000 persons living.
North-East 39 deaths or 1.29 per 1,000 persons living.
North-West 69 deaths or 4.18 per 1,000 persons living.
Central 42 deaths or 1.54 per 1,000 persons living.
South-East 16 deaths or 0.49 per 1,000 persons living.
South-West 31 deaths or 0.97 per 1,000 persons living.
The deaths in the "Notting-dale" special area were 25,
or 6.25 per 1,000 persons living.
The table at page 24 shows the distribution of the deaths
in Kensington, as a whole, from the several diseases as
recorded in the thirteen four-weekly reports.
In England and Wales the deaths from these diseases
were 124 in each 1,000 deaths from all causes, the rate per
1,000 persons living 2.15, the decennial average being about
2.5 per 1,000. In the thirty-two great towns, excluding
London, the rate averaged 3.06 per 1,000, ranging from 1.36
in Swansea, 1.39 in Halifax, 1.43 in Croydon, 1.50 in
Huddersfield, and 1.64 in Brighton, to 4.02 in Bolton, 4.22 in
Wolverhampton, 5.50 in Salford, and 5.63 in Preston.