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Kensington 1907

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

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1905) were sent to all registered medical practitioners in the Administrative County of London.
The Order was extended for a further period of 18 months from the 13th September. During the
year 135 cases were notified; and 25 deaths were registered, including one of a Kensington person
at the Paddington Green Children's Hospital. The patient, son of a boot maker, aged 4 months,
was admitted in a moribund condition on 13th November and died within an hour. The family of
six persons—parents and four children—had come from the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney about
a fortnight previously, the infant being ill at the time. Medical advice had not been sought prior
to the visit to the hospital. There was no spread of the disease in the poverty-stricken home, which
is in a side street south of High Street, Notting Hill Gate.

Table: The notifications in London of each of the diseases during the seventeen years, 1890-1907, are set out in the subjoined table.

The notifications in London of each of the diseases during the seventeen years, 1890-1907, are set out in the subjoined table.

Year.Smallpox.Chicken-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus FeverOther Continued Fevers.Puerperal FeverErysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Relapsing Fever.Total.
189060...15,8805,8702,877852372064,59855025729,795
1891114...11,8985,9078,872271522214,764505238926,522
1892423...27,0967,7912,465201478476,93456554745,849
18982,818...86,90118,0268,668222053979,70066886467,485
18941,192...18,44010,6558,360211622536,08053521240,721
1895978...19,75710,7728,506141052365,66045129841,511
1896225...25,68818,8618,18961022786,48844613849,699
1897105...22,87612,8113,1134652645,80138888145,466
189885...16,91711,5613,08217552505,18031023—87,380
189929...18,11218,8684.46014693295,61533815—42,344
190087...18,81211,7884,3097782874,7762105—35,804
19011,702...18,88711,9673,19820482504,6041878—40,861
19027 79425,70818,24610,5428,4054483185,5871921—71 790
1908417...12,5867,5712,83722402314 876156——27,686
190449210,94018,4857,0791.9028282744,9521451—29,251
190574...19,4676,8651,5499142914,987124——32,880
190681...20,8487,9191,606792975,0261162—85,856
1907425,9368,5851,3963352574,511176——40,903*

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*In addition 135 cases of Cerebro Spinal Fever were notified vide page 32.

Table: The Ages at notification of certain of the diseases, in 1907, were as follows :—

The Ages at notification of certain of the diseases, in 1907, were as follows :—

Age.Small-pox.Scarlet FeverDiphtheria.Enteric Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Cerebrospinal Fever
0—1 year—269215—185—46
1—527,5603,87266218_85
5—110,7303,025162202_18
10——4,209951160189_15
15——1,32638117724238
20—4866284209287623
25——7603603385431406
35—116611818882948
45——3040628821_
55——72027520_1
65 and upwards—2510505___
Age not stated—00———-