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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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TABLE II.
| Names of Localities. | Kensington. | Kensington Town. | Brompton. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year. |
| 1897 | 170,700 | 3,765 | 2,667 | 609 | 122,400 | 3,206 | 2,169 | 531 | 48,300 | 559 | 498 | 78 |
| 1898 | 172,,000 | 3,715 | 2,798 | 655 | 123,600 | 3,150 | 2,302 | 593 | 48,400 | 565 | 496 | 62 |
| 1899 | 172,400 | 3.6S2 | 3,021 | 642 | 123,900 | 3,125 | 2,455 | 574 | 48,500 | 557 | 566 | 68 |
| 1900 | 173,000 | 3,682 | 2,698 | 641 | 124,300 | 3,106 | 2,193 | 581 | 48,700 | 576 | 505 | 60 |
| 1901 | 177,000 | 3,708 | 2,650 | 581 | 128,300 | 3,141 | 2,192 | 506 | 48,700 | 567 | 458 | 75 |
| 1902 | 177,500 | 3,599 | 2,746 | 515 | 128,660 | 3,043 | 2,243 | 449 | 48,840 | 556 | 503 | 66 |
| 1903 | 178,000 | 3,677 | 2,455 | 510 | 129,020 | 3,129 | 1,998 | 461 | 48,980 | 548 | 457 | 49 |
| 1904 | 178,500 | 3,568 | 2,540 | 503 | 129,380 | 3,037 | 2,045 | 451 | 49,120 | 531 | 495 | 52 |
| 1905 | 179,000 | 3,579 | 2,507 | 498 | 129,740 | 3,054 | 1,971 | 442 | 49,260 | 525 | 536 | 56 |
| 1906 | 179,500 | 3,428 | 2,497 | 452 | 180,100 | 2,912 | 1,984 | 414 | 49,400 | 516 | 513 | 38 |
| Averages of 10 years 1897 1906. | 175,760 | 3,640 | 2,658 | 561 | 126,940 | 3,090 | 2,155 | 500 | 48,820 | 550 | 508 | 61 |
| 1907 | 180,500 | 3,428 | 2.471 | 433 | 130,820 | 2,926 | 1,984 | 385 | 49,680 | 502 | 487 | 48 |
TABLE IV 1 Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1907.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths in whole District at subjoined ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all ages). | Total Deaths whether of Residents or non "Residents ' in Public Institutions in the District. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1 | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | Kensington Town. | Brompton. | |||
| Small-pox | |||||||||||
| Measles | 31 | 5 | 25 | l | 26 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| Whooping-Cough | 81 | 34 | 42 | 5 | 77 | 4 | 13 | ||||
| Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | 24 | 3 | 11 | 8 | l | 1 | 19 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Croup | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Fever | Typhus | ||||||||||
| Enteric | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Other continued | |||||||||||
| Epidemic Influenza | 63 | 3 | 2 | 1 | l | 25 | 31 | 44 | 19 | 4 | |
| Cholera | |||||||||||
| Plague | |||||||||||
| Diarrhoea | 30 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Enteritis | 42 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 12 | 12 | |||
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| Erysipelas | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Other septic diseases | 12 | 3 | l | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Phthisis | 174 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 143 | 10 | 139 | 35 | 224 | ||
| Other tubercular diseases | 90 | 19 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 74 | 16 | 31 | |
| Cancer, Malignant disease | 201 | 1 | 124 | 76 | 152 | 49 | 133 | ||||
| Bronchitis | 229 | 49 | 20 | 1 | 49 | 110 | 205 | 24 | 154 | ||
| Pneumonia | 235 | 53 | 64 | 9 | 7 | 67 | 35 | 209 | 26 | 57 | |
| Pleurisy | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Other diseases of Respiratory Organs | 43 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Alcoholism | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 14 | ||||||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 24 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 10 | |||||
| Venereal Diseases | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 14 | ||||
| Premature Birth | 67 | 67 | 53 | 14 | 5 | ||||||
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Heart Diseases | 233 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 92 | 127 | 182 | 51 | 109 | |
| Accidents | 88 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 15 | 72 | 16 | 36 | |
| Suicides | 15 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| All other causes | 721 | 124 | 29 | 19 | 27 | 248 | 274 | 554 | 167 | 382 | |
| All causes | 2,471 | 483 | 255 | 82 | 73 | 906 | 722 | 1,984 | 487 | 1,240 | |
Note.—In these two tables, deaths of residents occurring without the Borough are included
in the Table; those of non-residents occurring within the Borough are excluded, with the exception
of the last column in Table IV.
Deaths of residents occurring in public institutions are allotted to the respective sub-districts
according to the addresses of the deceased as given by the registrars.
* Table III, " Cases of Infectious Disease notified." will be found at page 34, Table V , "Infantile Mortality," at page 57,
and Table in Appendix I. an expanded list of causes of death at page 105.