[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough] page 8

Kensington 1912

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

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This remarkably low rate has been due to the absence of any serious outbreak of measles,
and to the cold summer which prevented the occurrence of epidemic diarrhcea.

Table: The difference between the infantile death-rates recorded in the various districts of the Borough is very marked, as will be seen from the following figures:—

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The difference between the infantile death-rates recorded in the various districts of the Borough is very marked, as will be seen from the following figures:—

District.	Deaths under one year.	Deaths under one year per 1,000 Births.
North Kensington	245	104
South Kensington	60	63
St. Charles	59	97
Golborne	76	92
Norland	70	121
Pembridge	40	114
Holland	13	49
Earl's Court	11	55
Queen's Gate	13	102
Redcliffe	16	70
Brompton	7	53
The Borough	305	92

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The figures in the second column of the Table show that the infantile death-rate in North
Kensington has been half as high again as in South Kensington. The mortality in the Norland
district, which contains Notting Dale, was equivalent to 121 deaths per 1,000 births, whilst the
unsatisfactory social conditions prevailing in certain parts of the Pembridge ward are reflected
by a rate which exceeded 114. For the ward of Holland an infantile death-rate of less than 50
was recorded.

Table: Causes of Infantile Mortality.—In the following Table the deaths occurring in infants under the age of 12 months during the year 1912 and the two preceding years have been classified according to the nature of the disease which was in each case certified as the cause of death.

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Causes of Infantile Mortality.—In the following Table the deaths occurring in infants under the age of 12 months during the year 1912 and the two preceding years have been classified according to the nature of the disease which was in each case certified as the cause of death.

Cause of Death.	Number of Deaths.
	1910	1911	1912
Common infectious diseases	23	48	19
Diarrhcea (including enteritis, etc.)	33	123	32
Premature birth	66	41	60
Congenital defects (including injury at birth and atelectasis)	27	10	23
Wasting and debility	48	53	62
Tuberculous diseases	15	15	13
Syphilis	1	7	15
Bronchitis and pneumonia	89	63	40
Overlaying	4	4	4
Other causes	39	71	37
	345	435	305

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Kensington 1912

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Table: The difference between the infantile death-rates recorded in the various districts of the Borough is very marked, as will be seen from the following figures:—

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Table: Causes of Infantile Mortality.—In the following Table the deaths occurring in infants under the age of 12 months during the year 1912 and the two preceding years have been classified according to the nature of the disease which was in each case certified as the cause of death.