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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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As the zymotic death rate is, with certain reservations, accepted as a test of the sanitary state of the district in which it prevails, the following table showing the rates for London and Kensington in the last four years, cannot be regarded as altogether satisfactory.
| Period. | Kens'neton, | London. |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 0.87 | 0.76 |
| 1920 | 0.95 | 1.00 |
| 1921 | 1.02 | 0.98 |
| 1922 | 0.97 | 1.11 |
Table showing various Causes of Death in 1922, arranged in Four-Weekly Periods.
| Four Weeks ending | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping. Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza. | Phthisis. | Cancer. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 28 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 22 | 36 | 52 | 54 | 5 |
| February 25 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 31 | 30 | 4 |
| March 25 | 3 | — | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 28 | 5 |
| April 22 | 16 | _ | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 36 | £6 | 5 |
| May 20 | 27 | _ | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 21 | 2 |
| June 17 | 7 | — | 3 | 4 | — | 5 | 19 | 4 | 16 | 4 |
| July 15 | — | — | 3 | 1 | _ | 11 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| August 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 11 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Sept. 9 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 15 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| October 7 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| November 4 | _ | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 12 | 16 | 7 |
| December 2 | — | _ | 1 | 2 | _ | 9 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 6 |
| 30 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 17 | 3 |
| Totals | 58 | 6 | 27 | 34 | 86 | 139 | 261 | 241 | 259 | 47 |
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
During the year 1922, there were 3,152 births and 257 deaths of children under the age of
twelve months in the Borough. These figures give an infantile mortality rate (deaths of infants
under 12 months to each 1,000 births) of 82.
The following table gives the Births and the Infantile Deaths and Death rates for the year 1922 in England and Wales, London, the Borough and the various Wards of the Borough.
| District | No. of Births | No. of Deaths of children under 1 year of age. | Infantile Mortality rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 780,187 | 60,302 | 77 |
| London | 94,792 | 7,048 | 74 |
| The Borough | 3,152 | 257 | 82 |
| North Kensington | 2,160 | 197 | 91 |
| South Kensington | 833 | 57 | 68 |
| St. Charles | 584 | 38 | 65 |
| Golborne | 683 | 71 | 104 |
| Norland | 578 | 63 | 109 |
| Pembridge | 315 | 25 | 79 |
| Holland | 212 | 19 | 89 |
| Earl's Court | 193 | 9 | 47 |
| Queen's Gate | 97 | 5 | 52 |
| Redcliffe | 222 | 18 | 81 |
| Brompton | 109 | 6 | 55 |
| Ward unknown | 159 | 3 | — |
In considering the above and subsequent tables it must be remembered that the deaths of
infants at any temporary address (institution or private house) to which the mother went for her
confinement, and deaths of infants in institutions to which they were transferred for trealment
from the place of birth, are allocated to the district of the usual residence of the mother.