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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The following table, based on the thirteen four-weekly reports, sets out some particulars with regard to diphtheria in Kensington, and in London, in 1897.
Report for four weeks ended | No. of Notifications Kensington London | No. of cases admitted to Hospital Kensington London | No. of Deaths Kensington London | No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period | |||
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Jan. 30 | 23 | 915 | 15 | 421 | 4 | 239 | 902 |
Feb. 27 | 15 | 916 | 12 | 405 | 3 | 185 | 855 |
March 27 | 28 | 902 | 19 | 413 | 7 | 176 | 808 |
April 24 | 21 | 730 | 18 | 375 | 1 | 134 | 774 |
May 22 | 19 | 777 | 11 | 411 | 4 | 141 | 785 |
June 19 | 20 | 895 | 14 | 494 | 10 | 137 | 840 |
July 17 | 20 | 1011 | 14 | 570 | 5 | 135 | 927 |
Aug. 14 | 27 | 1111 | 19 | 568 | 4 | 163 | 1027 |
Sept. 11 | 23 | 866 | 15 | 494 | 5 | 117 | 982 |
Oct. 9 | 31 | 1169 | 26 | 645 | 10 | 182 | 1050 |
Nov. 6 | 38 | 1836 | 32 | 640 | 9 | 224 | 1056 |
Dec. 4 | 38 | 1119 | 27 | 60^ | 12 | 198 | 1056 |
Jan. 1,1898 | 19 | 1064 | 15 | 616 | 8 | 230 | 1070 |
322 | 12,811 | 237 | 6,656 | 82 | 2,261 |
The table at page 36 gives particulars with respect to
diphtheria in North and South Kensington, respectively.