London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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| 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. | |||||||
| January 27 | 296 | 44 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 41.1 | |||||||||
| February 24 | 286 | 243 | 18.3 | 18.7 | 211 | 21 6 | 34 | 20 | 96 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 63 | 45 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 4 | |||
| March 24 | 194 | 14..6 | 20.0 | 19.3 | 22.3 | 41 | 23 | 62 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 48 | 32 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 40.5 | ||
| April 21 | 292 | 211 | 18.1 | 17.1 | 21.0 | 19.7 | 42 | 77 | 25 | 19 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 63 | 17 | 44.7 | |||||
| May 19 | 302 | 199 | 14.9 | 16.4 | 17.8 | 18.5 | 35 | 20 | 66 | 21 | 16 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 48 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 49.6 | |
| June 16 | 271 | 190 | 14.3 | 15.1 | 16.7 | 17.4 | 39 | 29 | 42 | 27 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 29 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 57.5 | |||||
| July 14 | 268 | 14.9 | 17.1 | 12 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 60.5 | |||||
| August 11 | 297 | 218 | 16.4 | 16.8 | 19.4 | 20.5 | 16 | 51 | 4 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 17 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 5 | ||||||
| September 8 | 293 | 184 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 19.2 | 18.8 | 81 | 12 | 36 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 30 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 607 | ||||
| October 6 | 235 | 163 | 12.2 | 16.4 | 47 | 12 | 50 | 19 | ... | 2 | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | 10 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 575 | |||
| November 3 | 255 | 180 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.8 | 18.0 | 43 | 54 | 16 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 10 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 50.8 | |||
| December 1 | 265 | 179 | 13.4 | 16.1 | 17.3 | 19.3 | 50 | 13 | 57 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 38 | 30 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 45.3 | ||||
| December 29 | 230 | 17.3 | 19.0 | 16.6 | 21.7 | 63 | 17 | 73 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 57 | 43 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 45.7 | ||||
| Totals | 3,586 | 2,698 | 15.6 | 16.9 | 18.8 | 19.8 | 641 | 236 | 868 | 283 | 98 | 4 | 27 | 33 | 16 | ... | ... | 105 | 542 | 370 | 115 | 210 | 202 | 55 | 50.1 |
* Maximum number during the year, and bo throughout the table.
† Minimum number during the year, and so throughout the table.