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cancer was the cause of 253 deaths, as compared with 189 deaths from the same disease in the
previous year, The periods of life in which the various causes of death claim the majority of their
victims are indicated in Table III. Appendix, p. 65, and except in the case of deaths under the
age of one year will be considered in the section devoted to the prevalence of disease.
The number of deaths and the death-rates from each of the seven principal zymotic diseases in
Kensington together with the zymotic death-rates for London and Kensington will be found in
Tables VI. and VII. Appendix, p. 68, arranged in quinquennial periods since 1881.
INFANTILE MORTALITY
The deaths among infants under the age of one year numbered 298, the infantile mortality
rate being equivalent to 95 deaths per 1,000 births. The following Table shows a decline in the
infantile death-rate from 172 in the quinquennium 1896-1900 to 120 in the years 1906-1910, and a
decrease in the rate of 31 per cent, in North Kensington as compared with a decrease of 36 per
cent, in South Kensington.
Period.
Deaths under one year per 1,000 Births
Kensington.
North.
South.
The Borough
London
1896-1900 197 131 172 162
1901-1905 162 114 144 139
1906-1910 135 84 120 114
1911 148 103 135 129
1912 104 68 92 91
1913 131 61 111 105
1914 105 64 95 104
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
105
South Kensington
53
64
St. Charles
47
73
Golborne
89
105
Norland
80
145
Pembridge
29
101
Holland
18
86
Earl's Court
14
75
Queen's Gate
3
29
Redcliffe
14
69
Brompton
4
32
The Borough
298
95
The figures in the second column of the Table show that the infantile death-rate in North
Kensington was 41 in excess of that in South Kensington. The mortality in the Norland district,
which contains Notting Dale, was equivalent to 145 deaths per 1,000 births.