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Kensington 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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TABLE VI. * Comparison of Prevalence of Sickness and Death from Infectious Diseases in 1908 and the Preceding Ten Years. (Rates calculated 1,000 persons on the population estimated to the middle of each year.)
| Year. | Small-pox. | Erysipelas. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Scarlet Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric and Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases | Deaths. | |
| 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.05 | 0.04 | 1.29 | 0.15 | 2.75 | 0.13 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.63 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.03 |
| 1899 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.22 | 0.05 | 1.49 | 0.24 | 2.57 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.72 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.92 | 0.05 | 1.92 | 0.16 | 2.12 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 66 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| 1901 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.95 | 0.03 | 1.41 | 0.21 | 2.68 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.59 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.01 |
| 1902 | 0.53 | 0.06 | 106 | 0.03 | 1.04 | 0.11 | 2.09 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.47 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.99 | 0.03 | 0.90 | 0.13 | 1.85 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 1904 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.78 | 0.02 | 1.04 | 0.09 | 1.47 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.27 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.88 | 0.04 | 0.70 | 0.05 | 1.85 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.28 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 1906 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.83 | 0.03 | 0.91 | 0.11 | 2.58 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.70 | 0.03 | 1.30 | 0.13 | 2.89 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.24 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| 1908 | 0.00 | 0 00 | 0.71 | 0.02 | 1.27 | 0.14 | 2.43 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.02 |
*This Table is recommended for use by the Society of Medical Officers of Health, as a record of "the frequency and mortality of infectious diseases in the whole district for a series of years."