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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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Summary of Vital and Mortal Statistics of the Royal Borough of Kensington, 1907.
| During the Four Weeks ended | Births. | Deaths. | Death.rate. | Deaths at Ages. | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. | Deaths from Diseases of Respiratory System | Deaths from Phthisis. | Deaths from Heart Disease. | Deaths under Five from Tubercular Disease. | Mean Temperature. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Kensington. | London. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1907. | Decennial Average. | 1907. | Average 5 years, 1902.6. | 0.1 | 1—5 | 60 and upwards. | Totals. | Small.pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping. Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Simple continued Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Totals. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | |||||||
| January 26 | *303 | 247 | 17.8 | 17.6 | 20.6 | 18.1 | 51 | 25 | 93 | 12 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 88 | 42 | 42 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 38.3° |
| February 23 | 272 | 273 | 19.7 | 16.8 | 19.6 | 18.3 | 52 | 24 | 111 | 12 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 99 | 49 | 89 | 19 | 21 | 2 | 37.2° |
| March 23 | 281 | 241 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 178 | 18.3 | 37 | 21 | 98 | 13 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 59 | 84 | 19 | 18 | 31 | 4 | 42.4° |
| April 20 | 282 | 207 | 14.9 | 15 9 | 16.9 | 17.0 | 22 | 37 | 69 | 22 | ... | 8 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 41 | 11 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 46.0° |
| May 18 | ]237 | 204 | 14.7 | 14.0 | 15.4 | 15.6 | 40 | 28 | 72 | 28 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 22 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 43 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 51.2° |
| June 15 | 2G2 | 159 | 11;5 | 12.8 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 29 | 15 | 53 | 13 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 54.4° |
| July 13 | 242 | 160 | 11:5 | 12.4 | 12.3 | lo.0 | 20 | 19 | 56 | 18 | ... | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 56.0° |
| August 10 | 256 | 156 | 11.2 | 15.2 | 11.9 | 14.7 | 27 | 14 | 51 | 15 | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 11 | ... | 7 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 61 1° |
| September 7 | 259 | 134 | 9.7 | 14.4 | 11.8 | 16.7 | 41 | 13 | 34 | 9 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 59 1° |
| October 5 | 245 | 148 | 10.7 | 12.9 | 13.0 | 15.2 | 25 | 9 | 61 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 57.3° |
| November 2 | 266 | 176 | 12.7 | 14.0 | 14.4 | 15.3 | 32 | 11 | 63 | 9 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 50.8° |
| November 80 | 279 | 174 | 12.5 | 15.5 | 15.1 | 17.2 | 31 | 17 | 70 | 10 | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 86 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 44.7° |
| December 28 | 244 | 192 | 13.8 | 17.3 | 15.7 | 18.3 | 26 | 22 | 72 | 11 | ... | 5 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 47 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 42.8° |
| Totals | 3,428 | 2,471 | 13.7 | 15.1 | 14.7 | 16.3 | 433 | 255 | 903 | 180 | ... | 31 | 9 | 24 | 81 | 5 | ... | ... | 30 | 520 | 229 | 235 | 174 | 233 | 45 | 49.8° |
* Maximum number during the year, and so throughout the table.
II Including 140 which occurred at Queen Charlotte's Lying.in Hospital.
Minimum number during the year, and so throughout the table.