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Kensington 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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Table: TABLE VII. (Table II. in preceding Annual Reports.) Showing the Annual Birth-rate and Death-rate ; Death-rate of Children ; and proportion of Deaths at Public Institutions, to 1,000 Deaths, for the year 1900 and the ten preceding years.

TABLE VII. (Table II. in preceding Annual Reports.) Showing the Annual Birth-rate and Death-rate ; Death-rate of Children ; and proportion of Deaths at Public Institutions, to 1,000 Deaths, for the year 1900 and the ten preceding years.

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.*
1900207156179238325283
189920.817.5179218309811
189821.116.3180234871279
189721.615.6165229342815
189621.416.7176227884283
189521.416.2172227846277
189421.715.6174242389285
189321.817.4170214881254
189222.217.2158204387238
189128.118.4164206815252
189023.3178168221871207
Average of 10 years, 1890.1899.21.816.9171222849270

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* Includes Deaths of Parishioners at outlying Public Institutions, but excludes Deaths of Non.Parishioners at
Brompton Consumption Hospital, St. Marylebone Infirmary, Notting.hill, &c.

Table: TABLE IX. (Table IV. in preceding Annual Reports.) Showing the number of Deaths in the Borough at all ages, in 1900, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 of Population, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes: also the number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age, from other groups of Diseases, and proportions 1,000 Births, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.

TABLE IX. (Table IV. in preceding Annual Reports.) Showing the number of Deaths in the Borough at all ages, in 1900, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 of Population, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes: also the number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age, from other groups of Diseases, and proportions 1,000 Births, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.

Division I. (At all Ages.)Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Population.Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths.
1.Principal Zymotic Diseases2831.6105
2.Pulmonary Diseases5428.1201
3.Principal Tubercular Diseases2751.6102
Division II. (Infants under one year.)Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Births.Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths under one year.
4.Wasting Diseases16845.5254
5.Convulsive Diseases6919.2108

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NOTES.
1. Includes Small-pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping.cough, Typhus Fever, Enteric (or Typhoid) Fever,
Simple Continued Fever, and Diarrhoea. Forty-five of the deaths occurred in Hospitals without the Borough.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Tuberculosis, Rickets, and Tabes.
4. Includes Debility, Atrophy, Inanition, Want of Breast.milk, and Premature Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and Teething. (In Table VIII., Hydrocephalus and
Infantile Meningitis are classified with tubercular diseases, Convulsions with diseases of the nervous system, and
Teething with diseases of the digestive system.)