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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89 TABLE X.
Diseases. | 1890. | 1891,. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | Annual Average of ten years, 1890-99. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from all causes in ten years, 1890-99. | Deaths in 1900. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from all causes in 1900. | |
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Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0-9 | 0.8 | ... | ... | |
Measles | 140 | 29 | 109 | 18 | 108 | 83 | 173 | 83 | 120 | 24 | 78.7 | 27.6 | 98 | 36.3 | |
Scarlet Fever | 26 | 16 | 36 | 51 | 22 | 27 | 39 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 27.9 | 9.8 | 4 | 1.5 | |
Diphtheria | 85 | 28 | 81 | 83 | 75 | 89 | 72 | 82 | 26 | 42 | 56.3 | 19.7 | 27 | 10.0 | |
Whooping-cough | 93 | 84 | 63 | 65 | 61 | 39 | 99 | 19 | 52 | 59 | 63.4 | 22.2 | 33 | 12.2 | |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 0.2 | 01 | ... | ... | |
Enteric Fever | 15 | 24 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 23 | 17.8 | 6.2 | 16 | 5.9 | |
Simp. Continued Fever | ... | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 0.9 | 0.3 | ... | ... | ||
Diarrhœa | 78 | 91 | 77 | 98 | 56 | 118 | 61 | 125 | 112 | 101 | 91.7 | 32.1 | 105 | 88.9 | |
TOTALS. | Kensington. | 887 | 273 | 833 | 341 | 346 | 322 | 460 | 810 | 847 | 259 | 838 | 118.3 | 283 | 104.8 |
London. | 12,279 | 9,675 | 11,983 | 13,223 | 11,544 | 11,544 | 14,100 | 11,525 | 12,565 | 11,228 | 11,966 | 188.7 | 10,187 | 118.5 | |
England & Wales. | 59,698 | 53,221 | 56,032 | 73,499 | 52,771 | 64,901 | 66,936 | 67,051 | 69,714 | 69,820 | 63,364 | 114.2 | 64,059 | 109.0 |