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 (1856-1907) and Death-rate from these Diseases, in Kensington, and in London.
| The Year. | Population. | Deaths from the Seven Principal Diseases of the Zymoiic Class. | Zymotic Death-rate. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-Cough. | Fever. | DiarrhoĊa. | Total | Per 1,000 persons living. | Deaths per 1,000 Deaths from all Causes, Kensington. | |||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric. | Pyrexia. | Kensington. | London. | ||||||||||||
| 1856 | 57,078 | 13 | 35 | Not separ- | 15 | ately classified. | 27 | 62 | 178 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 144 | ||||
| Not separately classified. | 26 | Not separately classified. | ||||||||||||||
| 1857 | 59,683 | 1 | 20 | 28 | 50 | 32 | 79 | 210 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 176 | |||||
| 1858 | 62,288 | 2 | 26 | 61 | 63 | 38 | 80 | 220 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 171 | |||||
| 1859 | 64,893 | 10 | 42 | 76 | 10 | 23 | 71 | 232 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 173 | |||||
| 1860 | 67,498 | 18 | 30 | 89 | 7 | 56 | 23 | 36 | 259 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 175 | ||||
| 1861 | 70,108 | 2 | 57 | 51 | 14 | 37 | 32 | 65 | 258 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 178 | ||||
| 1862 | 76,350 | ... | 30 | 110 | 28 | 54 | 51 | 24 | 297 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 185 | ||||
| 1863 | 81,350 | 49 | 83 | 89 | 22 | 22 | 54 | 54 | 373 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 229 | ||||
| 1864 | 86,350 | 5 | 100 | 90 | 16 | 56 | 60 | 63 | 390 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 211 | ||||
| 1865 | 91,350 | 20 | 55 | 31 | 18 | 37 | 78 | 103 | 342 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 197 | ||||
| 1866 | 96,350 | 11 | 49 | 21 | 13 | 58 | 44 | 106 | 302 | 3.1 | 6.7 | 154 | ||||
| 1867 | 101,350 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 76 | 53 | 89 | 300 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 155 | ||||
| 1868 | 106,350 | 4 | 84 | 169 | 33 | 34 | 52 | 113 | 489 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 219 | ||||
| 1869 | 111,350 | 7 | 83 | 104 | 11 | 79 | 51 | 112 | 397 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 177 | ||||
| 1870 | 116,350 | 8 | 70 | 198 | 14 | 55 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 154 | 545 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 220 | ||
| 1871 | 120,234 | 120 | 64 | 95 | 11 | 72 | 6 | 26 | 16 | 129 | 539 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 223 | ||
| 1872 | 127,606 | 68 | 43 | 29 | 14 | 77 | 4 | 28 | 10 | 110 | 383 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 169 | ||
| 1873 | 132,826 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 6 | 27 | 8 | 145 | 290 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 119 | ||
| 1874 | 138,616 | ... | 121 | 32 | 26 | 45 | 9 | 28 | 15 | 112 | 388 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 144 | ||
| 1875 | 144,488 | ... | 23 | 83 | 23 | 107 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 107 | 372 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 133 | ||
| 1876 | 148,338 | 8 | 128 | 59 | 17 | 124 | 3 | 27 | 6 | 126 | 498 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 172 | ||
| 1877 | 151,360 | 84 | 54 | 31 | 10 | 34 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 99 | 333 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 127 | ||
| 1878 | 154,305 | 24 | 53 | 77 | 20 | 185 | 3 | 26 | 4 | 181 | 573 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 184 | ||
| 1879 | 158,316 | 24 | 60 | 51 | 26 | 93 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 71 | 348 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 116 | ||
| 1880 | 161,462 | 11 | 75 | 105 | 22 | 95 | 4 | 24 | 5 | 128 | 469 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 163 | ||
| 1881 | 163,151 | 55 | 67 | 38 | 8 | 85 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 101 | 383 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 140 | ||
| 1882 | 163,540 | ... | 77 | 62 | 25 | 119 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 61 | 376 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 139 | ||
| 1883 | 163,860 | 1 | 39 | 28 | 24 | 44 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 80 | 251 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 96 | ||
| 1884 | 164,180 | 26 | 32 | 18 | 17 | 81 | ... | 26 | 4 | 110 | 314 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 119 | ||
| 1885 | 164,500 | 25 | 111 | 7 | 22 | 98 | ... | 12 | ... | 86 | 361 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 130 | ||
| 1886 | 164,820 | ... | 56 | 11 | 34 | 82 | ... | 11 | ... | 90 | 284 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 102 | ||
| 1887 | 165,140 | 108 | 44 | 40 | 86 | ... | 11 | 2 | 124 | 416 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 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 | 2.3 | 111 | ||
| 1890 | 166,080 | ... | 140 | 26 | 35 | 93 | ... | 15 | ... | 78 | 387 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 131 | ||
| 1891 | 166,308 | ... | 29 | 16 | 28 | 84 | ... | 24 | 1 | 91 | 273 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 89 | ||
| 1892 | 167,200 | ... | 109 | 36 | 31 | 63 | ... | 15 | 2 | 77 | 333 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 115 | ||
| 1893 | 167,900 | 9 | 18 | 51 | 83 | 65 | ... | 17 | ... | 98 | 341 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 117 | ||
| 1894 | 168,600 | ... | 108 | 22 | 75 | 61 | ... | 21 | 3 | 56 | 346 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 132 | ||
| 1895 | 169,300 | ... | 33 | 27 | 89 | 89 | ... | 15 | 1 | 118 | 322 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 117 | ||
| 1896 | 170,465 | ... | 173 | 39 | 72 | 99 | ... | 15 | 1 | 61 | 460 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 159 | ||
| 1897 | 170,700 | ... | 33 | 29 | 82 | 19 | ... | 21 | 1 | 125 | 310 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 116 | ||
| 1898 | 172,000 | ... | 120 | 23 | 26 | 52 | ... | 12 | ... | 112 | 847 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 124 | ||
| 1899 | 172,400 | ... | 24 | 10 | 42 | 59 | 2 | 23 | ... | 101 | 259 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 86 | ||
| 1900 | 178,000 | ... | 98 | 4 | 27 | 33 | ... | 16 | ... | 105 | 283 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 105 | ||
| 1901 | 176,628 | 1 | 77 | 15 | 38 | 62 | 1 | 11 | ... | 115 | 320 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 121 | ||
| 1902 | 177,500 | 11 | 93 | 21 | 20 | 21 | ... | 19 | ... | 78 | 263 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 96 | ||
| 1903 | 178,000 | ... | 34 | 14 | 24 | 90 | ... | 9 | ... | 97 | 268 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 109 | ||
| 1904 | 178,500 | 1 | 67 | 5 | 17 | 19 | ... | 6 | 128 | 244 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 96 | |||
| 1905 | 179,000 | ... | 54 | 21 | 9 | 60 | ... | 13 | ... | 90 | 247 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 99 | ||
| 1906 | 179,500 | ... | 81 | 11 | 19 | 20 | ... | 5 | ... | 142 | 278 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 111 | ||
| 1907 | 180,500 | ... | 31 | 9 | 24 | 81 | ... | 5 | ... | 30 | 180 | 10 | 1.4 | 73 | ||
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 estimated population and to calculation of rates. Census years are indicated by dark type.
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