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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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| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in KensiDgton. | Total Cases Notified in each Sab-District. | Number of Cases removed to Hospital from each Sub-District. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||||||
| Small-pox | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 828 | 6 | 105 | 149 | 38 | 29 | 1 | 272 | 56 | 245 | 42 |
| Membranous croup | 4 | ... | 8 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 159 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 107 | 18 | 128 | 31 | 2 | 2 |
| Scarlet fever | 367 | 8 | 88 | 185 | 55 | 86 | ... | 290 | 77 | 233 | 55 |
| Typhus fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric fever... | 104 | ... | 3 | 19 | 31 | 51 | ... | 88 | 16 | 65 | 7 |
| Eelapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued fever | 10 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 7 | ... | 10 | ... | 6 | ... |
| Puerperal fever | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 6 | ... | 8 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 986 | 13 | 201 | 369 | 151 | 238 | 14 | 801 | 185 | 554 | 108 |
Table showing the Notifications, in 1900, in the Borough, the Sub-Districts, the Parliamentary Divisions, and the Sanitary Districts.
| Area. | Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | EntericFever. | Tvphus Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Totals. | Population. | Notifications per 1,000 of the population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Borough | 5 | 867 | 328 | 104 | ... | 10 | 9 | 159 | 4 | 986 | 173,000 | 5.7 |
| Sub-Distbicts— | ||||||||||||
| Kensington Town | 3 | 290 | 272 | 88 | ... | 10 | 8 | 128 | 2 | 801 | 124,300 | 6.4 |
| Brompton | 2 | 77 | 56 | 16 | ... | ... | 1 | 31 | 2 | 185 | 48,700 | 3.8 |
| Parliamentary Divisions— | ||||||||||||
| North Kensington | 3 | 233 | 231 | 72 | ... | 10 | 7 | 104 | 2 | 662 | 88,100 | 7.1 |
| South Kensington | 2 | 134 | 97 | 32 | ... | ... | 2 | 55 | 2 | 324 | 84,900 | 3.8 |
| Sanitary Districts— | ||||||||||||
| North | 1 | 122 | 117 | 41 | ... | 5 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 319 | 33,590 | 9.5 |
| North-East | 2 | 49 | 79 | 12 | ... | 2 | 4 | 19 | ... | 167 | 30,510 | 5.5 |
| North-West | ... | 27 | 21 | 10 | ... | 1 | ... | 49 | ... | 108 | 17,000 | 6.3 |
| Central | ... | 61 | 36 | 17 | ... | 2 | ... | 19 | ... | 135 | 27,390 | 4.9 |
| South-East | ... | 57 | 32 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 1 | 116 | 32,350 | 3.6 |
| South-West | 2 | 51 | 43 | 12 | ... | ... | 2 | 30 | 1 | 141 | 32,160 | 4.4 |