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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TABLE B. Annual Number of Deaths in Kensington from the Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class (1856.1900); and Zymotic Death.rate, in Kensington, and in 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. | ||||||||||
1856 | 57,078 | 13 | 80 | 20 | Not separately classified. | 19 | Not separately classified. | 15 | Not separately classified. | 62 | 159 | 2.8 | No Information. | 129 |
1857 | 59,688 | 15 | 26 | 87 | 17 | 83 | 178 | 2.9 | 149 | |||||
1858 | 62,288 | 2 | 24 | 49 | 64 | 88 | 80 | 207 | 8.8 | 160 | ||||
1859 | 64,898 | 11 | 42 | 58 | No Information. | 11 | 17 | 72 | 206 | 8.2 | 154 | |||
1860 | 67,498 | 18 | 29 | 86 | 56 | 25 | 85 | 249 | 8.7 | 168 | ||||
1861 | 70,108 | 2 | 53 | 57 | 87 | 84 | 66 | 249 | 8.5 | 172 | ||||
1862 | 76,350 | 80 | 110 | 54 | 51 | 24 | 269 | 8.5 | 168 | |||||
1868 | 81,850 | 49 | 88 | 89 | 22 | 54 | 54 | 851 | 4.8 | 215 | ||||
1864 | 86,850 | 5 | 100 | 90 | 56 | 60 | 68 | 874 | 4.8 | 202 | ||||
1805 | 91,850 | 18 | 52 | 81 | 87 | 77 | 104 | 819 | 8.5 | 184 | ||||
1866 | 96,850 | 10 | 40 | 28 | 28 | 88 | 112 | 251 | 2.6 | 128 | ||||
1867 | 101,350 | 29 | 19 | 85 | 68 | 46 | 78 | 275 | 2.7 | 142 | ||||
1868 | 106,850 | 4 | 84 | 170 | 84 | 52 | 118 | 457 | 4.3 | 205 | ||||
1860 | 111,850 | 6 | 27 | 106 | 9 | 71 | 42 | 108 | 869 | 8.8 | 164 | |||
1870 | 116,350 | 8 | 70 | 198 | 14 | 55 | 46 | 154 | 545 | 4.7 | 220 | |||
1871 | 120,234 | 120 | 64 | 95 | 11 | 72 | 6 | 26 | 16 | 129 | 589 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 223 |
1872 | 127,606 | 68 | 43 | 29 | 14 | 77 | 4 | 28 | 10 | 110 | 383 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 169 |
1878 | 132,826 | 1 | 88 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 6 | 27 | 8 | 145 | 290 | 2.2 | 8.8 | 119 |
1874 | 188,616 | 121 | 82 | 26 | 45 | 9 | 28 | 15 | 112 | 888 | 2.8 | 3 8 | 144 | |
1875 | 144,488 | 28 | 83 | 28 | 107 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 107 | 872 | 2.6 | 8.9 | 183 | |
1876 | 148,838 | 8 | 128 | 59 | 17 | 124 | 3 | 27 | 6 | 126 | 498 | 8 3 | 3.6 | 172 |
1877 | 151,360 | 84 | 54 | 81 | 10 | 34 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 90 | 833 | 2.2 | 8.5 | 127 |
1878 | 154,805 | 24 | 58 | 77 | 20 | 185 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 181 | 578 | 8.7 | 4.1 | 184 |
1870 | 158,816 | 24 | 60 | 51 | 26 | 93 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 71 | 848 | 2.2 | 8.8 | 116 |
1880 | 161,462 | 11 | 75 | 105 | 22 | 95 | 4 | 24 | 5 | 128 | 469 | 2.9 | 8.7 | 163 |
1881 | 163,151 | 55 | 67 | 88 | 8 | 85 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 101 | 888 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 140 |
1882 | 168,540 | 77 | 62 | 25 | 119 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 61 | 876 | 2.8 | 8.5 | 189 | |
1883 | 163,860 | 1 | 89 | 28 | 24 | 44 | 2 | 80 | 8 | 80 | 251 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 96 |
1884 | 164,180 | 26 | 82 | 18 | 17 | 81 | 26 | 4 | 110 | 814 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 119 | |
1885 | 164,500 | 25 | 111 | 7 | 22 | 98 | 12 | 86 | 861 | 2.2 | 8.0 | 130 | ||
1886 | 164,820 | 56 | 11 | 84 | 82 | 11 | 90 | 280 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 102 | |||
1887 | 165,140 | 1 | 108 | 44 | 40 | 86 | 11 | 2 | 124 | 416 | 2.5 | 8.1 | 145 | |
1888 | 165,450 | 124 | 26 | 89 | 100 | 21 | 2 | 58 | 420 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 148 | ||
1889 | 165,760 | 14 | 28 | 111 | 26 | 19 | 71 | 269 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 111 | |||
1890 | 166,080 | 140 | 26 | 85 | 93 | 15 | 78 | 887 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 131 | |||
1891 | 166,308 | 29 | 16 | 28 | 84 | 24 | 1 | 91 | 273 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 89 | ||
1892 | 167,200 | 109 | 86 | 81 | 63 | 15 | 2 | 77 | 883 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 115 | ||
1898 | 167,900 | 9 | 18 | 51 | 88 | 65 | 17 | 98 | 841 | 2.0 | 8.1 | 117 | ||
1894 | 168,600 | 108 | 22 | 75 | 61 | 21 | 8 | 56 | 846 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 182 | ||
1895 | 169,300 | 83 | 27 | 89 | 39 | 15 | 1 | 118 | 822 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 117 | ||
1896 | 170,465 | 173 | 89 | 72 | 99 | 15 | 1 | 61 | 460 | 2.7 | 8.1 | 159 | ||
1897 | 170,700 | 83 | 29 | 82 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 125 | 810 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 116 | ||
1898 | 172,000 | 120 | 23 | 26 | 52 | 2 | 12 | 112 | 347 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 124 | ||
1899 | 172,400 | 24 | 10 | 42 | 59 | 23 | 101 | 259 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 86 | |||
1900 | 178,000 | 98 | 4 | 27 | 88 | 16 | 105 | 283 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 105 |
Note.—The Medical Officer of Health is not responsible for the accuracy of the figures above the horizontal line between the
years 1870 and 1871, excepting as to calculation of rates. Census years are indicated by dark type.