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The number of deaths and the death-rates in Kensingon and London for each quinquennial
period since 1881 will be found in Table V. Appendix, p. 67. The number of deaths occurring
in each year since the same date and the annual death-rates have been published in the Appendix
of the Annual Reports for 1908 and previous years.
The number of deaths at all ages with the corresponding death-rates in the Borough, in North
and South Kensington and in the several Wards was as follows:—
Districts.
Number of
Deaths.
Crude Death-rate per
1,000 inhabitants.
North Kensington
1,345
15.4
South Kensington
849
10.1
Unknown
95
—
St. Charles
300
13.1
Golborne
383
403
15.1
19.5
Pembridge
259
14.0
Holland
224
1.11
Earl's Court
198
11.3
Queen's Gate
95
6.6
Redcliffe
222
11.6
Brompton
110
8.7
The Borough
2,289
13.4
The mortality in North Kensington was very much greater than in South Kensington, the
difference being mainly due to the prevalence of poverty in the former area. It should further be
borne in mind that the high death-rates for Golborne and Norland in the North represent
averages based on the combined experience of the good and bad areas which the figures
embrace; and for this reason the Ward rates which are in themselves excessive can only be accepted
as indicating the incidence of a very much heavier mortality on those streets and neighbourhoods
where the inhabitants live in a state of social degradation.
Causes of Death.—These are set out in detail in the Appendix. The following list shows
certain causes of death which are important in themselves or from the fact that they contributed a
considerable share to the total mortality for the year:—
Number of
Cause of Death. Deaths.
Principal Zymotic (or epidemic) diseases 134
Epidemic influenza 31
Puerperal fever 4
Phthisis 189
Other tuberculous diseases 78
Cancer 253
Bronchitis 161
Pneumonia 155
Heart diseases 322
Bright's disease 72
Diseases and accidents of parturition 8
Premature birth 47
Accidents 63
Suicide 13
Old age 82
All other causes 677
2,289
The diseases described in the above list as the "principal zymotic diseases," are small-pox,
measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, whooping cough, enteric fever (including fever not otherwise
defined) diarrhoea and enteritis. One fourth of the total number of deaths were registered as due
diseases of the heart or the organs of respiration. Tuberculosis, a preventable disease, caused
267 deaths, of which 189 were due to tuberculosis of the lungs. It should also be noted that