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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| Year. | Small-pox. | Erysipelas. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Scarlet Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric and Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |
| 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.76 | 0.05 | 1.31 | 0.21 | 2.26 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.52 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| 1891 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.22 | 0.05 | 1.19 | 0.17 | 1.94 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.64 | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| 1892 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.15 | 0.06 | 1.15 | 0.18 | 4.28 | 0.21 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.36 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.05 |
| 1893 | 0.57 | 0.05 | 1.68 | 0.10 | 2.19 | 0.49 | 5.69 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.64 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 1.09 | 0.02 | 1.65 | 0.44 | 2.31 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.58 | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 1.59 | 0.05 | 2.23 | 0.53 | 3.10 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.61 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| 1896 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 1.03 | 0.02 | 2.18 | 0.42 | 5.95 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.59 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
| 1897 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.39 | 0.05 | 1.94 | 0.48 | 4.33 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.74 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.05 | 0.04 | 1.29 | 0.15 | 2.75 | 0.13 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.63 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.03 |
| 1899 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.22 | 0.05 | 1.49 | 0.24 | 2.57 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.72 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.92 | 0.05 | 1.92 | 0.16 | 2.12 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.66 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
* This table is recommended for use by the Society of Medical Officers of Health, as a record of " the frequency and mortality of infectious diseases in the whole district for a series of years."