Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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All Ages. | Under Five Years. | 6 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 to 95. | 95 and upwards. | All Ages. |
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All Ages. | Under Five Years. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 to 95. | 95 and upwards. | All Ages. |
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All Ages. | Under Five Y ears. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 to 95. | 95 and upwards. | All Ages. |
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1871. | 1900. | Increase in 29 years. |
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Kensington Town. | Brompton. | ||||||
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Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Borough. |
The Year. | Population. | Total Births. | Males. | Females. | Birth-rate per 1.000. |
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Kensington Town. | Brompton. | |||||
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Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Borough. |
Age-Period. | Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate. | ||||||
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Both Sexes. | Males. | Females. | Both Sexes. | Males. | Females. | Both Sexes. | Male Sex. | Female Sex. |
Four Weeks ended. | Metropolis. | Borough. | Sub-Districts. | Parliamentary Divisions. | Sanitary Districts. | |||||||
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Kensington Town. | Brompton. | North. | South. | North. | North East. | NorthWtst. | Central. | SouthEast. | SouthWest. |
During the Four Weeks ended | Births. | Deaths. | Death-bate. | Deaths at Ages | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. | Deaths from Diseases of Respiratory System. | Deaths from Phthisis. | Deaths from Heart Disease. | Deaths under Five from Tubercular Diseases. | Mean Temperature. | |||||||||||||||
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Kensington. | London. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1900. | Decennial Average. | 1900. | Decennial Average. | 0—1. | 1—5. | 60 and upwards. | Totals. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Simple continued Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Totals. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. |
Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | births. | Deaths under One Year op Age. | Deaths at all Ages. Total. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in District. | Deaths of Residents registered beyond District. | Deaths Ages. | at all Nett. | |||
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Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births reg stored. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Names of Localities. | Kensington. | Kensington Town. | Brompton. | |||||||||
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Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year. |
Causes of death. | Deaths in whole District at subjoined ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all ages). | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||
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All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards | Kensington Town. | Brompton. |
Order. | No. of Deaths. |
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Disease. | Sub-Districts. | In Hospital. | Total Deaths. | Decennial Average. | |||
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Town. | Brompton. | Town. | Brompton. | Uncorrected. | Corrected for increase of Population. |
Report for four weeks ended | No. of Notifications. | No. of cases admitted to Hospitals. | No. of Deaths. | No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period. | |||
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Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. |
Report for four weeks ended | No. of Notifications. | No. of cases admitted to Hospitals. | No. of Deaths. | No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period. | ||||||
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Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. |
The Year. | Weeks. 1-4. | Weeks. 5-8. | Weeks. 9-12. | Weeks. 13-16. | Weeks. 17-20. | Weeks. 21-24. | Weeks. 25-28. | Weeks. 29-32. | Weeks. 33-36. | Weeks. 37-40. | Weeks. 41-44. | Weeks. 45-48. | Weeks. 49-52. | Total. |
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The Year. | No. of Recorded Cases. | Total Number of Recorded Cases. | Percentage of Removals to total Recorded Cases. | Deaths. | Total Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths to Recorded Cases. | Deaths in London from Scarlet Fever. |
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Report for four weeks ended | No. of Notification* | No. of cases admitted to hospital. | No. of deaths. | No. of cases in hospital at the end of the period. | ||||
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Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. |
Set out in Report for Four weeks ended | Total Cases Recorded. | Cases Recorded in North Kensington.* | Cases Recorded in South Kensington.* | Cases removed to Hospital from | Deaths (21 in hospitals). | |||||
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North Kensington. | South Kensington. | North Kensington. | South Kensington. |
DISEASES. | Under 1 year. | Between 1 year and 60 years. | At 60 years and upwards. | Total. |
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Metropolis. Cases lost. | Rest of England. Cases lost. | Metropolis. Cases lost. | Rest of England. Cases lost |
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DATE. | Registration Sub-Districts comprised in Vaccination Officer's District. | Number of Births returned in Birth List Sheets. | Number of these Births duly entered in Columns 10, 11 and 13 of the Vaccination Register (Birth List Sheets), viz. : | Number of these Births which are not entered in the Vaccination Register, on account, (as shown by Report Book) of | ||||||||
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Column 10 Successfully Vaccinated. | Column 11. | Column 13 Dead, Unvaccinated, | Postponement by Medical Certificate. | Removed to other District and notified to Vaccination Officer of this District. | Removal to places unknown, or which cannot be reached, and cases not having been found. | Cases still under Proceedings, by Summons and Otherwise. | Total Number of Certificates of Successful Vaccinations received during each of the Calendar Tears | |||||
Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Certificate of Conscientious Objection. | |||||||||||
1899. | 1900. | |||||||||||
1899. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
Name of District. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Cholera. | Totals. | Population, 1896. |
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Date of Report. For Four Weeks ended | Weeks of the Year. | KENSINGTON. | LONDON. | Weeks of the Year. | Date of Report. For Four Weeks ended. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Cholera. | Total. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Cholera. | Total. |
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in KensiDgton. | Total Cases Notified in each Sab-District. | Number of Cases removed to Hospital from each Sub-District. | ||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Year3. | Kensington Town. | Brompton. | Kensington Town. | Brompton. | ||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upward. |
Area. | Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | EntericFever. | Tvphus Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Totals. | Population. | Notifications per 1,000 of the population. |
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Year. | Small-pox. | Erysipelas. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Scarlet Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric and Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | |||||||
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Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. |
Workshops, &c. | North Kensington. | South Kensington. | Total for Borough. | ||||||
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Dressmakers. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | Dressmakers. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous. | Total. |
North Kensington. | South Kensington. | Total for whole Borough | |||||||
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Dressmakers. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | Dressmakers | Laundries. | Miscellaneous. | Total. |
Sanitary Districts.1 | No. of Complaints made by Inhabitants, 4c. | No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected. | No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c. | Results of Inspection. | House Drain? | Water Closets. | Dust Receptacles. | Water Supply. | Miscellaneous. | |||||||||||||||||
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Written Intimations of Nuisance served.‡ | Notices served by order of the Sanitary Committee. | Notices served under the Lodging-House Bye-laws. | Final Notices (signed by Medical Officer) served. | Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, & c. | Houses disinfected after illness: Infectious disease.‡ | Repaired, Cleansad, &c. | Ventilated, Trapped, & c. | Repairs, Ax. | Supplied with Separate Water Service. | Soil-pipes Ventilated. | New provided. | Repaired, Covered, Ac. | Cisterns erected. | Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, &c. | Waste-pipes connected with drains, &c., abolished. | No. of Lodging Houses newly Registered under !)4th Section of the Public Health (London) Act, 1S91.§ | Yards and Areas paved and drained. | Animals removed, being improperly kept. | Regularly Inspected. | Legal proceedings, i.e , Summonses. | ||||||
Bakehouses. | Licensed Cow-houses. | Licensed Slaughter-houses. |
North Kensington. | South Kensington. |
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North Kenfington. | South Kensington. |
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North Kensington. | South Kensington. | t otal. |
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Name o£ Street. | Number of Houses in Street. | N umber of Houses Registered. | N umber of Houses not Registered. |
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Name of Street. | N umber of Houses in Street. | Number of Houses Registered. | Number of Houses not Registered. |
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Name of Street. | Number of Houses in Street. | N umber of Houses Registered. | Number of Houses not Registered. |
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Sanitary District. | Name of Keeper. | Address of Common Lodging-House. | No. of Single Lodgers, for which registered, in 1900. | No. of Double Beds Authorised. | ||
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Male. | Female. | Total. |
The Year. | Population. | Marriages. | Marriage Rate. | Births. | Birth | Rate. | Deaths. | Death | Rate. | Deaths under One Year. | Deaths under One Year per 1,000 Births Registered. |
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Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. |
The Year. | Population. | Deaths from the Seven Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class. | Zymotic Death.Rate. | |||||||||||
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Small.pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | Per 1,000 persons living. | Deaths, per 1,000 Deaths from all Causes, Kensington | |||||
Typhus. | Enteric. | Simple Continued. | Kensington. | London. |
Quinquennial Period. | Births. | Birthrate. | Deaths. | Deathrate. | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. | Zymotic Death-rate, per 1,000 persons living. | |||||||||
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Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria, | WhoopingCough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Simple Continued Fever. | Diarrhoea, | Total. |
Quinquennial Period. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Death-rate per 1,000 from— | ||
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Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | "Fever." | Diarrhoea. | The Seven Diseases. | The Four Notifiable Infectious Diseases. (Columns 1, 3, 4, and 6.) | The Three Non-notifiable Infectious Diseases. (Columns 2, 5, and 7.) |
The Year. | Estimated Population.1 | No. of Inhabited Houses.f | Marriages. | Registered Births. | Deaths. | |||
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Total, all Ages.t | Under One Year. | Under Five Years. | At Public Institutions. § |
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 at Public Institutions; Per 1,000 of Total Deaths.* |
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Division I. (At all Ages.) | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 of Population. | Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths. |
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Diseases. | 1890. | 1891,. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | Annual Average of ten years, 1890-99. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from all causes in ten years, 1890-99. | Deaths in 1900. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from all causes in 1900. |
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CAUSES OF DEATH. | AGES. | Total under Five Years of Age. | Grand Total all 1 Ages. | Sub-district. | |||||||||||
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0 to 1. | 1 to 6. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | Kensington Town. | Brompton. |
CAUSES OF DEATH. | AGES. | Total under Five Years of Age. | Grand Total All Ages. | Sub-District. | |||||||||||
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0 to 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | Kensington Town. | Brompton. |
CAUSES OF DEATH. | AGES. | Total under Five Years of Age. | Grand Total all Ages. | Sub-district. | |||||||||||
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0 to 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | Kensing. ton Town. | Brompton. |
The Year. | Deaths per 1,000 living. | Total Deaths from seven principal Zymotic Diseases, Kensington. | Annual rate of mortality per 1,000 living, from seven principal Zymotic Diseases. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths, from seven principal Zymotic Diseases. | The Year. | |||
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Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. |
Annual Death.rate per 1,000 living, from all causes. | Annual Death.rate per 1,000 living, from seven principal Zymotic diseases. | Percentage of Deaths under 1 year to Births Registered. | Percentage of Deaths to Total Deaths. | |||||||
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Under 1 year of age. | At 60 years of age and upwards. | From seven principal Zymotic diseases. | From Violence. | Registered upon information of Coroners. (Inquests.) | Registered at Public Institutions.1 | Uncertified |
Street ok Place. | Registration Sub-District. | Sanitary District. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Total. |
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Street or Place. | Registration Sub-District. | Sanitary District. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Total. |
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Street or Place. | Registration Sub-District. | Sanitary District. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Total. |
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Street or Place. | Registration Sub-District. | Sanitary District. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Total. |
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Street or Place. | Registration Sub-District. | Sanitary District. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Total. |
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Street or Place. | Registration Sub-District. | Sanitary District. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Total. |
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Street or Place. | Registration Sub-District. | Sanitary District. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Total. |
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Street or Place. | Registration Sub-District. | Sanitary District. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Total. |
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Street or Place. | Registration Sub-District. | Sanitary District. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Total. |
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Population. | 1896. | 1901. | Increase. |
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