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Other 32 deaths occurred without the borough; viz., by drowning, two of males in the
Grand Junction Canal, one of a female in the Serpentine, and two of males and two of females in
the Thames; three of males and one of a female in the street; and twelve of females and nine
of females on private premises.
Deaths from the diseases of the zymotic class occurred at public institutions without the
borough as follows:—
Western Hospital 28 (Diphtheria 18, Scarlet Fever 8, Enteric Fever 2); St. Mary's Hospital
6 (Diphtheria 3, Diarrhcea 2, Enteric Fever 1); London Fever Hospital 2 (Scarlet Fever 1,
Diphtheria 1); St. George's Hospital 2 (Diphtheria); Horton Asylum 1 (Enteric Fever); Children's
Hospital, Paddington, 1 (Diarrhcea); Children's Hospital, Great Ormonde Street, 1 (Whooping
Cough)-, Hammersmith Infirmary 1 (Diarrhoea), and Paddington Infirmary 1 (Diarrhoea).
UNCERTIFIED DEATHS.
There were four deaths in the borough that were not "certified" either by a registered medical
practitioner or by a coroner. The causes of death were premature birth (in two cases), Debility
and Cancer respectively. In England and Wales the deaths not certified were 1.4 per cent, of
total deaths; the proportion in London was 0.1 and in Kensington 0.2.
INQUESTS.
One hundred and eighty-three inquests were held on parishioners, including 44 at places without
the borough, mostly at public institutions to which the deceased persons had been removed
for treatment. The cause of death is stated to have been ascertained by post mortem examination
in 117 cases. Thirty-four inquests were held on the bodies of non-parishioners who had died in
Kensington. All of the inquests in the borough were held at the coroner's court at the Town Hall.

The inquests on Kensington parishioners were in the proportion of 7.6 per cent, on total
deaths, the rate in the Metropolis being 101 per cent; in England and Wales the rate was 7.0per
cent. The relative percentages in 1907 were 8.2, 9.8 and 6.9, respectively.
The deaths from violence (86) were equal to 0.48 per 1,000 of the population in Kensington;
the corresponding rates were 0.58 per 1,000 in London, as a whole, and 0.57 per 1,000 in
England and Wales.
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The tables at pp. 30-34 show (1) the number of notifications of all the scheduled diseases in
London in the 19 years, 1890-1908, (2) the ages at notification in 1908, (3) the cases notified in the
several Metropolitan boroughs, (4) the relative prevalence of the several diseases at different periods
of the year, in Kensington and in London, (5) the notifications in Kensington, and in the several
divisions thereof, in 1908, and (6) the notifications, gross and proportional numbers, and percentages
of removals to hospital, in Kensington, in the years 1897-1908 inclusive. The Kensington notifications
in 1908 were 847; 671 in the Town sub-district, and 176 in Brompton. The cases notified in
London were 35,949.