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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 1908
[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, 1908.
| 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1908. | Decennial Average. | 1908. | Average 5 years, 1903-7. | 0—1 | 1—5 | 60 and upwards. | Totals. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-Cough. | Enteric Fever | Typhus Fever. | Simple continued Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Totals. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | |||||||
| January 25 | 288 | 260 | 18.7 | 17.8 | 18.2 | 18.5 | 44 | 21 | 102 | 15 | ... | 10 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 76 | 39 | 31 | 22 | 25 | 4 | |
| February 22 | 285 | 249 | 17.9 | 17.1 | 18.1 | 17.4 | 28 | 14 | 126 | 7 | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 74 | 42 | 21 | 15 | 30 | 2 | 42.2° |
| March 21 | 266 | 201 | 14.4 | 17.6 | 16.6 | 17.2 | 27 | 9 | 87 | 7 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 42 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 25 | 1 | 38.9° |
| April 18 | 259 | 210 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 15.8 | 16.8 | 28 | 16 | 98 | 7 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 43 | 24 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 44.3 |
| May 16 | 282 | 169 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 15.4 | 27 | 17 | 70 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 44 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 48.7° | |
| June 13 | 299 | 154 | 11.1 | 12.5 | 11.7 | 13.4 | 28 | 16 | 44 | 11 | ... | 7 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 59.0° |
| July 11 | 299 | 128 | 9.2 | 10 | 51 | 8 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 60.4° | ||||||
| August 8 | 260 | 14.7 | 11.3 | 14.3 | 37 | 7 | 20 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 18 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 61.9° | |||||
| September 5 | 245 | 161 | 11.6 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 15.9 | 47 | 17 | 50 | 31 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 28 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 57.5° |
| October 3 | 268 | 154 | 11.1 | 12.6 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 39 | 56 | 18 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 57.8° | |
| October 81 | †239 | 178 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 13.1 | 14.8 | 38 | 11 | 59 | 13 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 3 | 53.0° |
| November 28 | 271 | 185 | 13.3 | 15.0 | 15.3 | 16.6 | 29 | 18 | 79 | 11 | ... | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 37 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 24 | 3 | 46.2° |
| January 2, 1909 (5 weeks) | 243 | 228 | 13.1 | 16.7 | 15.0 | 17.9 | 35 | 15 | 91 | 14 | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 5 | 52 | 18 | 30 | 14 | 33 | 5 | 40.7° |
| Totals | 3,504 | 2,398 | 13.0 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 15.8 | 428 | 177 | 944 | 167 | ... | 32 | 9 | 26 | 7 | 5 | ... | ... | 88 | 458 | 210 | 198 | 181 | 269 | 44 | 50.0° |
* Maximum number during the year, and so throughout the table.
║ Including 142 which occurred at Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital.
† Minimum number during the year, and so throughout the table.