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Kensington 1922

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

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Table: The corrected number of deaths gives a death·rate of 13.6 per 1,000 living. Table showing the number of deaths and the death·rates in England and Wales, London, Kensington and the various districts in the Borough in 1922, and the rates for the previous five years:—

The corrected number of deaths gives a death·rate of 13.6 per 1,000 living. Table showing the number of deaths and the death·rates in England and Wales, London, Kensington and the various districts in the Borough in 1922, and the rates for the previous five years:—

District.1922.Death·rates in previous years.
No. of Deaths.Death rate.1921.1920.1919,1918.1917.
England and Wales486,82912·912·112·413·717·614·4
London60,34913·412·412·413·619·215·7
The Borough2,42713·613·813·415·217·816·3
North Kensington1,33914·715·414·316·620·118·9
South Kensington97911·611·211·913·213·812·4
Wards.
18·516·8
St. Charles31612·814·613·315·3
Golborne42615916·713·917·522·222·4
Norland38717·216·616·117·322·720·1
Pembridge26012·813·313·916·117·015·2
Holland23312·111·611·412·713·513·7
Earl's Court25814114·614·715·916·215·2
Queen's Gate1148·16·89·010·510·08·7
Redcliffe24712212·513·614·715·912·8
Brompton1279·79·19·610·711·910·4
Ward Unknown59..................

Table: Table showing Kensington death·rates in quinquennial periods since 1896:

Table showing Kensington death·rates in quinquennial periods since 1896:

Period.Death-rate per 1,000 living.
1896-190016·4
1901-190514·4
1906-191013·8
1911-191514·3
1916-192015·6

Table: Causes of Death.—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 tor the year:-

Causes of Death.—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 tor the year:-

Cause of Death.Number of Deaths.
Principal Zymotic (or epidemic) diseases174
Epidemic Influenza86
Puerperal Fever6
Phthisis139
Other Tuberculous Diseases30
Cancer261
Bronchitis241
Pneumonia259
Heart Diseases323
Bright's Disease82
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition10
Premature Birth37
Accidents50
Old Age54
All other Causes675
2,427

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It will be seen that considerably more than one·third of the deaths, or 962, were due to
disease of the heart or the organs of respiration. Phthisis, an infectious or preventable disease,
caused 139 deaths.
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) and diarrhoea ; together they were responsible for a very substantial number ot deaths, the
causes of which are very largely preventable.